We are pleased to welcome Kilkea Castle, Co. Kildare, The Rusty Mackeral, Co. Donegal, Sweet n Green, Co. Clare and The Ballymore Inn, Co. Kildare to the Good Food Ireland® family.

These new exciting additions to our Approved Collection all demonstrate a superior food & drink offering focused on the very best local Irish ingredients.

Kilkea Castle, Co. Kildare

The majestic Kilkea Castle is located in the heartland of Ireland’s Ancient East, in the countryside of Co. Kildare. The moment you arrive, you’ll be awed by the sprawling resort along the tree-lined driveaway. This is really a wonderful place to enjoy a relaxing getaway.

This authentic Castle is the centrepiece of the resort, with 11 luxurious individually designed bedrooms- including the FitzGerald Suite. There is an accommodating reception, lounge & drawing room, while The Keep Bar and fine dining 1180 Restaurant are sure to impress. There is also a luxurious private dining suite available for your small group requirements. In addition to the Castle, Kilkea offers 130 guest rooms. Accommodation options at Kilkea include Hotel Carriage rooms and Hotel Lodges.

Kilkea Castle offers a wide choice of dining options on-site and both indoor and outdoor settings are available. The hotel offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. The offering is amazing and versatile with local ingredients at the centrepoint of the offering.

Kilkea Castle has plenty of amenities on-site to keep you and the family entertained, from a fully equipped Golf Course and Tennis Course to Spa & Leisure.

The rusty Mackerel, co. Donegal

The Rusty Mackerel is a wonderful boutique accommodation, pub and restaurant offering located a stone’s throw away from Donegal’s famous Sliabh Liag Cliffs.

Entrenched in the local community for many years, The Rusty Mackerel is a haven of good local food & drink, craic agus ceol and the warmest of welcomes for both locals and visitors to this beautiful corner of the world.

As you might expect, fresh local seafood features high on the The Rusty Mackerel menu. Located just 20 minutes from the commercial fishing port of Killybegs, access to fresh fish caught in Irish waters is readably available to The Rusty Mackerel kitchen. The menu on offer is a family friendly bistro style and represents good value.

The Rusty Mackerel has 11 en suite bedrooms. A mixture of double, twin and family rooms are available. The bedrooms are a unique and clever recent addition to the Gastro Pub. With its location, the Rusty Mackerel is the perfect place to base yourself if you’re exploring the rugged and beautiful North West Coast.

Sweet n Green Café, Co. Clare

Sweet n Green Café is a lively cafe & restaurant located in the heart of Ennis Co Clare run by husband and wife team Frank and Siobhain Landy. The hallmark of this business is a menu offering based on healthy food using ingredients with a Co Clare and Irish provenance.

Siobhain & Frank say the menu at ‘Sweet n Green is designed to suit all customer requirements and is a reflection of our view of life preparing and serving food to nourish and enrich the Mind, Body and Soul’. This is very much experienced with every bite when you dine at Sweet n Green. The entire team take pride and care in the food they produce, providing their customers with a tasty and wholesome meal that is bursting with flavour.   

There is a fun and friendly atmosphere when you arrive at Sweet n Green. Not only is it a family-run business but the team from the moment you arrive at the front door to the team member taking the order and delivering your order, are there to make your experience a memorable one.

For those who wish to enjoy good food on the go, Sweet n Green also provides a takeaway offering and even better, food can be ordered to collect from their website. Moreover, on Saturdays they open for dinner, giving you extra opportunity to enjoy the food & drink offering!

The Ballymore inn, co. Kildare

The Ballymore Inn is a long-established business well known for its quality food & hospitality offering. The Ballymore Inn has now moved to a new chapter. In mid-December 2022 the business and property moved into the ownership of ‘The Hartes Group’. The new owners, Paul Lenehan, Ronan Kinsella and Sean Forde operate Harte’s Kildare Town, Firecastle Kildare Town and The Dewdrop Inn and Brewhouse. The Ballymore Inn is a perfect fit for these experienced Co. Kildare restaurant and hospitality professionals.

At The Ballymore Inn quality food is the hero matched with a superior customer service. This ethos is based on 4 pillars; Seasonality, Provenance, Innovation and Balance. This is achieved through sourcing fresh ingredients from hand-picked local and Irish producers and from fresh produce grown in their on-site kitchen garden.

The Ballymore Inn provides two dining options, the stylish Main Restaurant and the Back Bar which is a more casual and informal dining space. Whichever space you occupy, you’ll be guaranteed of a wonderful dining experience.