Bia maith - good food
Dingle Peninsula has a long tradition of home cooking, bread making, fishing and farming, so it will come as no surprise that food culture and it’s quality and provenance are considered a very important part of life here. This wild remote area is famous for an intense devotion by its residents to fresh, locally reared landed and produced foods. Freshly caught seafood, charcuterie smoked fish, mountain grazed lamb sea salted by nature, and grass fed beef are paired with home grown seasonal vegetables and herbs as they have been for generations.
Handmade artisan cheeses, ice cream made using the milk of the rare Kerry Cow and local free range eggs, locally produced meat pudding, sausages and rashers, preserves, breads, chocolates, pies, salamis, chorizo and patés are some of Dingle Peninsula treats to be experienced and enjoyed in the wide selection of restaurants, cafes, gourmet speciality shops and food outlets across the peninsula.
Artisan Food & Drink
The Dingle Peninsula is known for award winning bars, cafés, micro breweries and an independent Distillery along with a wide variety of artisan food producers.
Gourmet Food
From the fresh home cooked breakfast in a B&B to the gourmet restaurant meal in one of the Peninsula's many renowned restaurants you will be treated to great food and drink.
Foodie Town
In recent years Dingle Peninsula has become renowned as a food and drink destination with Dingle Town a past winner of the Irish Restaurant Award ‘Foodie Town of Ireland’ which recognised Dingle for great dining experiences, and an active food culture.