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Choice, warmth, tradition
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The gourmet's guide to Ireland
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Eating out in Ireland
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Ireland - a gastronome's paradise
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Food Festivals
Food festivals are wonderful ways in which to
experience Ireland’s vibrant food culture and to mingle 
with Irish people eager to praise local y grown, farmed 
and harvested foods. The world famous Oyster Festival 
at Clarenbridge, County Galway celebrates the start of 
the native oyster season with competitions, Galway 
oyster tastings (with the perfect accompaniment of a 
pint of Guinness), the glamorous Oyster Bal  and much 
more besides. 
In Northern Ireland, in the four fishing villages of 
Kilkeel, Annalong, Ardglass and Portavogie, the largest 
celebration of seafood is the Festival of Fish and 
Gourmet Seafood Trail. Mind you, al  around the Irish 
coast you are never really far from a celebration of
the sea’s harvest, with the Kilmore Quay Seafood 
Festival and the Hillsborough Oyster Festival being 
two others of noteworthy status. 
But food festivals don’t just stop at seafood! There 
are autumn mushroom hunts throughout the island; 
fraughan (wild blueberry) walks in County Wicklow; 
and a Strawberry Festival in Enniscorthy, County 
Wexford and in the Orchard County of Armagh 
celebrate the beautiful Apple Blossom season. The 
Taste of West Cork Festival in Skibbereen celebrates 
artisan foods, while the Taste of Dublin is a unique, 
chef-led outdoor festival where you can sample 
taster plates from the capital’s leading restaurants.
Food festivals are wonderful ways in which to 
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Galway Oyster Festival, Co. Galway