Book a food day in Ireland

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The days

• Galway Food Tours walking tasting

  Galway city · About 2 hours 30 minutes · from €85

  Sheridans, the market, the bay's shellfish, with a guide who knows the growers. The fastest way to understand west of Ireland food.

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• Howth seafood and craft beer trail

  Howth, County Dublin · About 3 hours · from €89

  Thirty minutes out on the DART to a working fishing harbour, eating along the pier. The best half day in Dublin for anybody who came for the sea.

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• Aran Islands food and heritage day

  Inishmore, County Galway · About 5 hours · from €95

  The islands, the stone walls, and the food that came out of a place with no soil. Take the early ferry and the late one back.

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• Lough Neagh shoreline food and drink tour

  County Antrim, from Belfast · About 4 hours · from £75

  Northern Ireland's inland fishery, eels and all, with the smokers and growers. Dinner at Mourne Seafood in Belfast after.

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• Private oyster tour and tasting by the Flaggy Shore

  New Quay, County Clare · About 2 hours · from €120 for two

  Out to the beds with the people who grow them, then a tasting on the shore. Lunch at Linnane's at the end of the pier after.

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• Ballymaloe Cookery School day course

  Shanagarry, East Cork · A full day · from €245

  The hundred-acre farm that taught modern Ireland to cook. Day courses sell out months ahead. Book direct, because there is no reseller worth using.

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Tables, not tours

The rooms that take direct reservations

• Ballymaloe House

  Shanagarry, County Cork

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• Aniar

  Galway

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• Chapter One

  Dublin

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• Linnane's Lobster Bar

  New Quay, County Clare

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• Mourne Seafood Bar

  Belfast

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• The Oak Room at Adare Manor

  Adare, County Limerick

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Not sure which day fits your route? Start with the dining guides, read the food travel guide for seasons and costs, or check the questions page. Back to the food hub.

Build the trip around it

Where we would stay for a food trip

• Hayfield Manor

  Cork City

  Ten minutes from the English Market and inside striking distance of Ballymaloe and Kinsale.

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• Glenlo Abbey Hotel

  County Galway

  A base for Galway's restaurants and the Saturday market without sleeping in the noise.

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• BrookLodge & Macreddin Village

  County Wicklow

  The Strawberry Tree cooks wild and organic only. The one Irish dining room built around its own supply.

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The weeks this fits inside

• 7 Days in Greater Dublin: The Definitive Itinerary

  Four nights in Dublin, three in Wicklow. The base change at Day 5 is the trick most itineraries miss.

• 7 Quiet Days in the West

  Two houses, no rush, seven days. The West held at the pace it actually keeps.

• 7 Days for the Second Trip

  Three bases, no first-time beats, the Ireland the second trip is for.