Seafood · Questions
The seafood questions
Season, ordering, safety and customs. Answered the way we answer them for friends who are flying in next month.
When to come
Season and timing
At the table
Ordering and eating
Practical
Safety, allergies and customs
Back to the seafood hub, or book a seafood day.
Build the trip around it
Where we would stay for a seafood trip
The Marine Hotel, Sutton
County Dublin
On the isthmus, one DART stop from the Howth harbour fish counters.
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Ballynahinch Castle
Connemara
Oysters, langoustines and the Connemara coast within an hour of the front door.
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Perryville House
Kinsale, County Cork
The best-eating small town in Ireland, and the boats are visible from the room.
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Rosleague Manor
Letterfrack, Connemara
Quieter and cheaper than Ballynahinch, and closer to the Killary mussel rafts.
€€ · rates last checked July 2026
Cashel House Hotel
Cashel Bay, Connemara
A country house on a sea inlet, with Connemara shellfish landed along the same shore.
Rathmullan House
County Donegal
Lough Swilly at the end of the lawn, and the north-west's best fish landed a few miles away.
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The weeks this fits inside
7 Days Walking the West of Ireland
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7 Quiet Days in the West
Two houses, no rush, seven days. The West held at the pace it actually keeps.
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.