Burren Smokehouse and Visitor Centre

Kincora Road, Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare.

Just off the main square in historic Lisdoonvarna, this highly acclaimed, award winning traditional smokehouse owned by Peter and Birgitta Curtin produces superb smoked salmon and locally caught mackerel, and also smokes cheeses from some of Clare’s renowned cheese makers. The Burren smokehouse is also home to a delightful Gourmet Food Shop stoked with superb Irish artisan produce, a charming Craft Shop and a very informative Visitor Centre, where you can see a traditional smoker and view their audio-visual presentation.

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Casey's Fish Products

Shanagarry, Midleton, Co Cork.

One of the original producers of world class Irish smoked salmon. Established over three decades ago this family run business owned by Bill Casey is located in the pretty village of Shanagarry on Ballycotton Bay in East Cork. Salmon is supplied to various outlets and to the export market.

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Connemara Smokehouse and Visitor Centre

Bunowen Pier, Aillebrack, Ballyconneely, Clifden, Co Galway.

Situated on the water's edge at Bunowen Pier, in the heart of Connemara and between Roundstone and Clifden, the Smokehouse has an enviable position. It’s the longest established smokehouse in the area and one of the few remaining specialising in locally caught wild smoked and organic salmon, they also specialise in Irish smoked tuna and gravadlax. Take one of Graham Robert's memorising tours and purchase a great array of traditionally hand-prepared seafood products.

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Goatsbridge Trout Farm

Thomastown, Co Kilkenny.

Mags and Ger Kirwan are the custodians of a terrific heritage. Their Goatsbridge Trout Farm is located on the River Little Arrigle, which has been fished intermittently since the twelfth century! Today, their premium product is on the menus in many of the greatest Irish restaurants and their hot smoked trout is among the favourite staples on Irish dinner tables. We visit this passionate duo at the farm outside Thomastown in Kilkenny and are enthralled by their knowledge, enthusiasm and connection to the land on which they live and work. The Kirwans are fiercely passionate and determined operators, they know the value of the provenance of their product and are fully immersed in the history and hard work that is their heritage and that is why there are members of Good Food Ireland.

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Kay O'Connell

13-20 Grand Parade Market, Grand Parade, Cork.

Kay O’Connell’s famous award winning flagship fish market stall in Cork City’s English Market, has been established for over fifty years and sells an array of fresh fish, shellfish, seafood deli items including their famous Battle-board or Salted-Ling, more recently their homemade Sushi and their own smoked salmon cured to a special recipe. Kay's sons Pat and Paul O'Connell now run the stall and continue the commitment to supplying their loyal customers with the freshest quality fish.

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LoTide Gourmet Foods

Moyna, Kilmeena, Westport, Co Mayo.

Seaweed is the thing these days as so many people are seeking out healthy alternatives to processed food and at LoTide Gourmet Foods Seamus and Carmel Moran provide a range of sea vegetables that are good value for money and provide sound nutritional value and quality health benefits. The Moran’s pride themselves on producing the highest quality sea vegetable products harvested from the unpolluted shores of Clew Bay on the Atlantic Ocean that is wonderful natural renewable resource and helps to detox the body.

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McConnells Gourmet Smoked Foods

Unit 2, Whitestown Industrial Estate, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

McConnell’s Fish Shop was previously located on Dublin’s Grafton Street, but due to high rents moved to its present location in 1995. They still supply the best hotels and restaurants around the Dublin area and have won numerous awards for their Smoked Salmon and GravadLax as well as Smoked Chicken and Duck.

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Old Millbank Smokehouse

Willow Pond, Buttevant, Co Cork.

Geraldine Bass established old Millbank Smokehouse in l995 when she began to supply her superb smoked salmon to local restaurants and shops. No artificial ingredients are used, giving the customer nothing less than the purest, most natural smoked salmon.

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Ummera Smoked Products

Inchybridge, Timoleague, Co Cork.

Anthony Creswell’s award winning Ummera Smokehouse situated in peaceful, rural West Cork, by the banks of the Argideen River, is a leading light in food production and environmentally friendly practices.

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Wrights of Howth - Howth

14 West Pier, Howth, Co Dublin

In 1893 the Wright family began smoking Irish Salmon. The craft has been passed down through the generations and little has changed. We still fillet the fish by hand and cure using only natural sea salt. We then smoke each fish for eight hours using pure oak chippings which give our product its world renowned flavour. This year, due to conservation of our Wild Salmon stocks, Wrights of Howth have now moved to producing Organic Irish Smoked Salmon, for which we won the Gold Great Taste Award 2009.

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