Coolanowle Country House & Organic Farm

Coolanowle, Ballickmoyler, Carlow.

Coolanowle Country House and Organic Farm is a haven of tranquility with 3 acres of beautiful beech wood gardens and 18th century flax ponds, not to mention our working Organic Farm. James and Bernadine Mulhall have created a wonderful country retreat in James' beautiful family home on the Carlow Laois border. Beauty and Body Treatments also available for a pampering break away from it all.

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Crowe's Farm

Crowe's Farm, Gurtussa, Dundrum, Co Tipperary

Crowe’s Farm is a longstanding family business, now run by brothers TJ, John Paul and Ned, which produces a range of home made dry cured bacon using local farm pork, and the exclusive meat from their own free-range herd. Crowe’s bacon is made at the family farmhouse - which handles the whole process right through from farm to fork using natural organic grain based feed and whatever the lush green fields and hedgerows offer and of course a special recipe handed down from their father for bacon curing.

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Frank Murphy Butchers

79 Main Street, Midleton, Co Cork.

Frank Murphy Butchers is a traditional butcher’s shop established in Midleton for over eight generations. Now in the hands of the second Murphy generation, Frank specialises in excellent quality local meats, processed at the family’s own artisan abattoir in the centre of town. His beef comes from a selection of farms always named on the blackboard in the shop and includes breeds such as Hereford Cross, Aberdeen Angus, Black Whiteheads and Hereford Angus Cross, which produce the best tasting beef. This is the real deal, you won’t find much in the way of pre-cut joints or plastic tray selections here, only the choicest cuts from local and free range animals and a great variety of breeds. It’s no wonder Frank is the butcher to the chefs, both Darina and Rachel Allen shop here!

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Inch House, Country House & Restaurant

Thurles, Co Tipperary.

Inch House offers a uniquely luxurious experience, combining the best elements of country living and cooking with all of the comforts afforded by the 18th century gentry who built this elegant home. This elegant house is as good as it gets in the Irish country house league. The stay here is as cosy and comfortable as the rooms in which you’ll be accommodated and the famous Irish hospitality that greets you on arrival, extends to the wonderful local and seasonally influenced dining experience.

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James Whelan Butchers

Oakville Shopping Centre, Clonmel, Co Tipperary.

James Whelan Butchers is a family business in it’s fifth generation working and farming with the local community producing beef, lamb, pork and bacon. Pat Whelan is one of the few butchers in the country to take its raw product from field through to plate, he has developed a clear vision that at its heart, has the customer in mind. Pat believes that the core value of the company is selling the highest quality naturally produced product available and their passion for food coupled with high quality standards continues to satisfy and delight their customers.

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Jane Russell’s Original Irish

Link Business Park, Kilcullen, Co Kildare.

You might say a banger is a banger is a banger, but you won’t say that anymore when you taste Jane Russell’s Original Irish Sausages. Think best quality pork and beef from one individual small producer in the heart of Tipperary. Think delicious flavourings and styles not usually the norm in mass produced sausages. And think taste, juiciness and the most savoury moistness in the mouth. Now that’s a Jane Russell banger for you!

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Kelly’s Butchers of Newport

17 Main Street, Newport, Co Mayo.

Kelly’s Artisan Butchers began 75 years ago and are among an elite five butchers in Mayo who have their own abattoir. Seán is a man who is passionate about his life’s work striving always for quality and the pleasure of meeting and pleasing his customers and Kelly’s have won so many national and international awards that they became too numerous to display. “The Putóg”, a speciality pudding made in the traditional way, is synonymous with Kelly’s and a must to try when visiting!

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Martin Divilly Butchers

9 - 10 Westside Shopping Centre, Seamus Quirke Road, Galway

Passion and enthusiasm shine strongly from both Martin and Audrey Divilly when they speak about their champion craft butchers shop in Galway. Originally a family butchers, Martin is the third generation of his family in the business. He took over the business from his father 11 years ago and since then, has introduced major changes to the original shop introducing a Food Hall and a Deli over the past few years.

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McCarthy's of Kanturk

Main Street, Kanturk, Co Cork.

To say Jack McCarthy is a character is an understatement! He is the fourth of five generations of craft butchers to work out of this bustling little shop McCarthy's of Kanturk, which draws home cooks and chefs alike. Jack is nothing if not pioneering in his attitude to selling the best of home reared award-winning meats. If you want a taste of old Irish butchery at it’s best, this is the place to come.

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McGeough’s Butchers

Camp Street, Oughterard, Co Galway.

Thirty-nine years ago McGeough’s Butchers opened its doors in the old barracks, when James McGeough’s Dad returned to Oughterard from England. James following in his father’s footsteps went on to earn his Masters in Butchery and is recognised and honoured nationally and producers and his customers as an innovative craft butcher.

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