The Waterford Festival of Food returns for its 17th year on 23-26 April 2026, with 150+ events across Dungarvan and Waterford City. From foraging in the Comeraghs to dining at Mount Congreve, here’s everything you need to know.
Every September, the Galway International Oyster Festival draws 25,000 visitors to Galway Bay. Here’s the story behind Ireland’s most famous food festival and the legendary Guinness pairing.
Dulse is the ancient Irish seaweed that coastal families have harvested for centuries. Discover its history, traditions, and why it’s making a remarkable comeback.
If you sat down to breakfast in Cork City and something dark, soft, and round appeared beside your egg, you might ask questions. Most visitors …
Discover why Irish tea tastes different everywhere else in the world, the great Barry’s vs Lyons debate, and the ritual that defines Irish hospitality.
Discover boxty, the traditional Irish potato pancake with a famous rhyme that once decided whether you were marriage material in rural Ireland.
Colcannon is Ireland’s most beloved comfort dish — and it has its own haunting folk song. Here’s why this mashed potato dish made a nation weep.
Discover why Irish farmers buried butter in bogs for millennia — and why hundreds of ancient deposits are still being found in Ireland today.
Discover barm brack, the Irish Halloween bread that hid coins and rings to predict your future — a tradition still alive across Ireland today.
PoitÃn was banned in Ireland for 300 years — and the Irish kept making it anyway. Discover the rebel spirit hidden in bogs that’s finally back on shelves.