Taste The Island Buyers Guide

Connemara Smokehouse Day 8:  Connemara & Galway Today we invite you to ‘Taste the Atlantic’ with a visit to: Connemara Smokehouse, Connemara www.smokehouse.ie T  +353 (0)95 23739 Set on the water’s edge inWest Connemara, the picture-perfect Bunowen Pier is home to the Connemara Smokehouse, where Graham Roberts follows traditional smoking methods to produce sumptuous wild and organic smoked salmon from freshest and finest natural ingredients. Pop in to the smokehouse and shop year- round, or book for a fun, educational and delicious summertime smokehouse tour (also available in French). Or Mungo Murphy’s, Connemara www.mungomurphyseaweed.com T  +353 (0)85 758 3862/(0 )87 905 1956 Enjoy a coastal walk/foraging tour along the Galway Bay shoreline in Connemara’s Rossaveal, and experience local history, breathe the wild Atlantic air and learn about edible sea vegetables and wild sea herbs along the way. Following this, enjoy a tour of the boutique family-run abalone farm where a tasty lunch is served of fresh seafood dishes featuring the farm’s wonderful seafood and foraged sea plants. Kelly Oysters, Kilcolgan, Co. Galway www.kellyoysters.com T  + 353 (0)91 796 120 Nestled between Connemara and the Burren highlands, the Kelly family’s second-generation oyster farm is one of the best-known in the land for quality native and Pacific oysters. Take a guided walk down the rugged Galway Bay seashore to the oyster beds; learn about the role of oysters in this local community for millennia, how they are farmed today and savour their flavour straight from the Wild Atlantic waters. 142 SECT ION 14 – SUGGESTED I T INERARI ES