Ardmore Pottery & Gallery
The Cliff,
Ardmore
, County Waterford
Well curated collection of Irish pottery and crafts
Avoca Store & Café
11-13 Suffolk St, Dublin; The Mill at Avoca Village, County Wicklow (see other locations on their website)
Irish family-run business; specialty is hand-woven blankets and throws, but they also sell abundance of other home decor and fashion accessory items. Fabulous café (they sell cookbooks and specialty food items.)
Blackberry Café
Market Street, Thomastown, County Kilkenny
Charming café in quaint Thomastown. Locally sourced ingredients, delicious homemade soups, salads, sandwiches, and baked goods.
Butler House
16 Patrick Street, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
18th century manor house, part of the Kilkenny Castle estate. Now a hotel, you don't have to stay here to enjoy the gorgeous, manicured gardens - accessed through a gate in the courtyard of Kilkenny Design Center.
Campagne Restaurant
5 The Arches,
Gashouse Lane,
Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
Modern French food using local Irish ingredients. (I had Mary Walsh's chicken and Thomas Farrell vegetables when I was there.)
Cobh Titanic Memorial
Cobh, County Cork
There isn't much in the village, but it's worth the stop to see the Titanic's last port of call. Ironically, there was a cruise ship in the harbor when I was there...testing fate?
Cushendale Woolen Mills
Mill Road
, Graiguenamanagh
, County Kilkenny
Family-run woolen mill since 1925. Gorgeous wool blankets, throws, and scarves. They make custom color plaid blankets for the nearby Inn At Ballilogue Clochán.
English Market
Grand Parade and Oliver Plunkett Street,
Cork,
County Cork
Historical indoor food market (the building dates back to 1786) with entrances on Princes Street, Patrick Street and the Grand Parade. Have lunch at the café in the gallery above, with a view over the market.
FARM Restaurant
3 Dawson Street, Dublin; 133 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin
Delicious farm to table food in quaint restaurant
Farmgate Café
English Market, Cork, County Cork
In the gallery above the historical English Market in Cork. Great home cooking with a birds eye view of the food market.
Fumbally
Fumbally Lane, Dublin
Fantastic organic, locally sourced breakfast and lunch - cavernous industrial space below a modern apartment building, with cozy wood tables, benches, sofas and chairs.
Gorgeous Gifts and Interiors
14 John Street Lower, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
Quirky home decor and accessories. They also have a shop on Pipe Street in Thomastown.
Grennan Castle
Thomastown, County Kilkenny
13th century castle that can be seen from the road between Thomastown and Insitioge.
Jerpoint Abbey
Thomastown, County Kilkenny
12th century Cistercian abbey 2.5km south west from Thomastown on the N9. Inside the cloisters are ancient carvings - the odd carving of a bishop is accompanied by knights in splendid armor, courtly damsels, and the occasional fabulous beast.
Jerpoint Glass Studio
Stoneyford, County Kilkenny
Family business, established in 1979 by Keith and Kathleen Leadbetter. See the artisans blowing glass and buy the graceful Irish-made glassware in the gallery shop. (Not unlike Simon Pearce glassware.)
Joyce's Craft Shop & Art Gallery
Recess, Connemara, County Galway
Karen Morgan Porcelain
Market Street, Thomastown, County Kilkenny
Kilkenny Castle
The Parade, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
Kilkenny Design Centre
Castle Yard,
Kilkenny
In what was once the stables of historic Kilkenny Castle. Largest, well- curated selection of high quality Irish handcrafts in the area. (Jewelry, knitwear, celtic gifts, china & crystal, pottery & glass, home & fashion accessories and stunning contemporary design pieces.) Artisans studios through the courtyard.
Little Museum of Dublin
15 St. Stephens Green, Dublin
The history of Dublin, housed in a Georgian house on St. Stephen’s Green. Artifacts have been donated by the public and include a letter from Samuel Beckett to a young boy who lived in the house he grew up in, the music stand used as a podium by John F Kennedy in his speech to the Irish Parliament in 1963, just a few months before he was assassinated, the First Edition of James Joyces’ Ulysses, and hundreds of other unique documents, photographs, and relics relating to Dublin’s last century.
Mount Juliet
Thomastown
, County Kilkenny
Nicholas Mosse Pottery
Bennettsbridge, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
Quay House
Beach Road, Clifden, County Galway
Rothe House & Garden
Parliament Street, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
Smithwick's Brewery
Parliament Street, St. Francis Abbey Brewery, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
The Inn @ Ballilogue Clochán
Ballilogue
, The Rower,
Inistioge,
County Kilkenny
Truffle Fairy
Chapel Lane, Thomastown, County Kilkenny
Farmgate Café
English Market, Cork, County Cork
In the gallery above the historical English Market in Cork. Great home cooking with a birds eye view of the food market.
Cobh Titanic Memorial
Cobh, County Cork
There isn't much in the village, but it's worth the stop to see the Titanic's last port of call. Ironically, there was a cruise ship in the harbor when I was there...testing fate?
English Market
Grand Parade and Oliver Plunkett Street,
Cork,
County Cork
Historical indoor food market (the building dates back to 1786) with entrances on Princes Street, Patrick Street and the Grand Parade. Have lunch at the café in the gallery above, with a view over the market.
FARM Restaurant
3 Dawson Street, Dublin; 133 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin
Delicious farm to table food in quaint restaurant
Fumbally
Fumbally Lane, Dublin
Fantastic organic, locally sourced breakfast and lunch - cavernous industrial space below a modern apartment building, with cozy wood tables, benches, sofas and chairs.
Little Museum of Dublin
15 St. Stephens Green, Dublin
The history of Dublin, housed in a Georgian house on St. Stephen’s Green. Artifacts have been donated by the public and include a letter from Samuel Beckett to a young boy who lived in the house he grew up in, the music stand used as a podium by John F Kennedy in his speech to the Irish Parliament in 1963, just a few months before he was assassinated, the First Edition of James Joyces’ Ulysses, and hundreds of other unique documents, photographs, and relics relating to Dublin’s last century.
Avoca Store & Café
11-13 Suffolk St, Dublin; The Mill at Avoca Village, County Wicklow (see other locations on their website)
Irish family-run business; specialty is hand-woven blankets and throws, but they also sell abundance of other home decor and fashion accessory items. Fabulous café (they sell cookbooks and specialty food items.)
Joyce's Craft Shop & Art Gallery
Recess, Connemara, County Galway
Quay House
Beach Road, Clifden, County Galway
Blackberry Café
Market Street, Thomastown, County Kilkenny
Charming café in quaint Thomastown. Locally sourced ingredients, delicious homemade soups, salads, sandwiches, and baked goods.
Campagne Restaurant
5 The Arches,
Gashouse Lane,
Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
Modern French food using local Irish ingredients. (I had Mary Walsh's chicken and Thomas Farrell vegetables when I was there.)
Mount Juliet
Thomastown
, County Kilkenny
Truffle Fairy
Chapel Lane, Thomastown, County Kilkenny
Grennan Castle
Thomastown, County Kilkenny
13th century castle that can be seen from the road between Thomastown and Insitioge.
Jerpoint Abbey
Thomastown, County Kilkenny
12th century Cistercian abbey 2.5km south west from Thomastown on the N9. Inside the cloisters are ancient carvings - the odd carving of a bishop is accompanied by knights in splendid armor, courtly damsels, and the occasional fabulous beast.
Kilkenny Castle
The Parade, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
Rothe House & Garden
Parliament Street, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
Smithwick's Brewery
Parliament Street, St. Francis Abbey Brewery, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
Cushendale Woolen Mills
Mill Road
, Graiguenamanagh
, County Kilkenny
Family-run woolen mill since 1925. Gorgeous wool blankets, throws, and scarves. They make custom color plaid blankets for the nearby Inn At Ballilogue Clochán.
Gorgeous Gifts and Interiors
14 John Street Lower, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
Quirky home decor and accessories. They also have a shop on Pipe Street in Thomastown.
Jerpoint Glass Studio
Stoneyford, County Kilkenny
Family business, established in 1979 by Keith and Kathleen Leadbetter. See the artisans blowing glass and buy the graceful Irish-made glassware in the gallery shop. (Not unlike Simon Pearce glassware.)
Karen Morgan Porcelain
Market Street, Thomastown, County Kilkenny
Kilkenny Design Centre
Castle Yard,
Kilkenny
In what was once the stables of historic Kilkenny Castle. Largest, well- curated selection of high quality Irish handcrafts in the area. (Jewelry, knitwear, celtic gifts, china & crystal, pottery & glass, home & fashion accessories and stunning contemporary design pieces.) Artisans studios through the courtyard.
Nicholas Mosse Pottery
Bennettsbridge, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
Butler House
16 Patrick Street, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
18th century manor house, part of the Kilkenny Castle estate. Now a hotel, you don't have to stay here to enjoy the gorgeous, manicured gardens - accessed through a gate in the courtyard of Kilkenny Design Center.
Mount Juliet
Thomastown
, County Kilkenny
The Inn @ Ballilogue Clochán
Ballilogue
, The Rower,
Inistioge,
County Kilkenny
Ardmore Pottery & Gallery
The Cliff,
Ardmore
, County Waterford
Well curated collection of Irish pottery and crafts
