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
Deer Park Hotel Howth
County Dublin
Above the harbour that lands the fish. Walk to the pier counters before breakfast.
Ballynahinch Castle
Connemara
Oysters, langoustines and the Connemara coast within an hour of the front door.
Perryville House
Kinsale, County Cork
The best-eating small town in Ireland, and the boats are visible from the room.
The weeks this fits inside
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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.