The 20 most famous dishes of Ireland
Irish cooking is honest country food built on potatoes, lamb, superb dairy and Atlantic seafood, with the famous soda bread.
1Irish Stew
Ireland's national lamb stew with potatoes, onions, carrots and thyme — simple and comforting.
2Irish Soda Bread
A quick yeast-free bread raised with baking soda and buttermilk, with a crunchy crust and a cross cut on top.
3Colcannon
Creamy mashed potato with cabbage or kale, spring onions and butter, traditionally served at Halloween.
4Boxty
Potato pancakes made from a mix of raw grated and cooked mashed potato, fried in butter.
5Dublin Coddle
Dublin's working-class stew of sausages, potatoes and onions in a light broth, cooked slowly. Use beef…
6Full Irish Breakfast
A big breakfast of eggs, sausages, bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, beans and soda bread (and traditionally black…
7Champ
Mashed potato with hot milk infused with spring onions, served with a pool of melted butter in the middle.
8Barmbrack
A sweet fruit bread with dried fruit soaked in tea, baked for Halloween with a ring hidden inside for luck in…
9Irish Seafood Chowder
A rich creamy soup of white fish, smoked salmon, mussels and potatoes, served with brown soda bread.
10Smoked Salmon & Brown Bread
Slow-smoked Irish salmon served on buttered brown soda bread with lemon and capers.
11Irish Apple Cake
A simple butter cake packed with tart apples under a crunchy crumble, served with custard.
12Bacon and Cabbage
A traditional Irish dish of a boiled cured joint with cabbage, potatoes and parsley sauce. For halal use…
13Potato Farls
Triangles of potato bread cooked on a griddle — an essential part of the Ulster fry.
14Irish Beef Stew
A dark, rich beef stew with carrots, onions and brown gravy, slow-cooked until the meat melts (traditionally…
15Irish Porridge
Steel-cut oats cooked slowly until creamy, served with honey and cream.
16Irish Fish Pie
White fish and smoked salmon in a creamy sauce under a golden mashed potato top.
17Carrageen Moss Pudding
A traditional pudding set with carrageen seaweed from the Atlantic coast, vanilla-flavoured and silky.
18Rhubarb Crumble
Tart rhubarb cooked with sugar under a crunchy butter-and-oat crumble, served with custard.
19Galway Oysters
Fresh Galway oysters served raw on ice with lemon, celebrated at the September oyster festival.
20Irish Brown Bread
Brown soda bread of coarse wholemeal flour and oats, served with soup and salmon.