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A Little Old Fashioned Magic: The Village Dairy
We Irish love milk. The second highest consumers in the world after Finland, for many of us it is intrinsically linked to happy childhood memories, sipping... -
Valentine’s Day is approaching. The Irish are well known for their ability to do the hearts and flowers thing. This nation is just a bunch of old romantics at heart. Anyone who’s ever shed a tear at the haunting tones of Sinead O’Connor’s Nothing Compares to You, or swallowed a lump in the throat while nursing a broken heart listening to Shane McGowan singing Rainy Night in Soho will tell you that. I mean, how can any country produce song lyrics like these and not be prone to the love-struck disease?
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What To Do With Your Leftover Turkey
In the days after Christmas, the whole nation will be staring gloomily into the fridge, wondering when it’s ok to say they don’t want any more turkey... -
Christmas Celebrations at Brooks Hotel
Set amongst the city’s top shopping destinations and in the glittering atmosphere of twinkling Christmas lights, Brooks Hotel is the ideal venue... -
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Waxing Lyrical About Mayo’s Laden Larder
Located just five miles from Westport, Croagh Patrick soars above the surrounding countryside and dominates the landscape. Its conical shape and craggy... -
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Aw shucks! Fall In Love with Achill Oysters
“He was a bold Man, that first ate an Oyster,” wrote Jonathan Swift in 1738, but Irish people have been slurping these silky molluscs for thousands... -
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Take a Bite out of Mayo for a Real Taste of the West
The Mayo landscape provides plenty of things to do and opportunities for a phone full of photos. It inspires the heart and imbues the senses. But the landscape... -
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Keeping it Local with Kelly’s of Newport
In Seán’s small abattoir, artisan practices are just as important for the welfare of the animals as for the end product. When animals don’t have to... -
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A Warm Welcome Awaits in Westport at An Port Mór
Then there’s the Achill Mountain lamb. “It has got such a unique taste”. This is Martina Calvey’s lamb that is grazed down on Achill Island. “The... -
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Calvey Achill Lamb
Everywhere you went today, you saw the recognisable Achill Mountain sheep and you wouldn’t mind trying some for your dinner. They are the 100% purebred... -
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Magical Mayo – An Insider View
On their night of arrival my mother would cook a traditional Irish dinner of bacon and cabbage. She’d cook the bacon in cider first and finish it... -
Food for Thought
So often people forget to even ask where their food comes from and if what they are picking up in a grocery store is actually Irish grown or just packed in Ireland. There is a significant move within Food Service to declare anything and everything that is Irish onto menus and rightly so! Our food in Ireland is World Class and we ourselves and the millions of visitors arriving each year , should be told of the integrity around every morsel that’s an Irish ingredient that reaches our lips.
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Wild Irish Foragers & Preservers 2021
And so began the process of teaching their children about nature, which eventually became Wild Irish Foragers and Preservers. “There was no plan. We...