Kinsale Gourmet Trail ★ 4.7
Ireland's original food town and the birthplace of modern Irish restaurant culture, Kinsale sits 30 km south of Cork city on the Bandon estuary.
Food destinations within easy reach of Cork. worth the train, the rental car or the early start.
Worth the trip
Ballymaloe Estate and Cookery School ★ 4.9
The birthplace of modern Irish cuisine, 35 km east of Cork city near Shanagarry. Myrtle Allen opened Ballymaloe House as a restaurant in 1964, serving.
Midleton Distillery Experience and Farmers Market ★ 4.5
A dual Cork day trip: the Midleton Distillery Experience (home of Jameson) and Midleton Farmers Market every Saturday 09:30 to 13:00. 20 km from Cork city.
Clonakilty Black Pudding and West Cork Food Town ★ 4.4
Clonakilty, 50 km west of Cork, is Ireland's only officially designated 'Food Town' and home to Clonakilty Black Pudding, the most celebrated blood pudding.
Skibbereen and Schull West Cork Food Trail ★ 4.5
Skibbereen anchors West Cork's artisan food scene, with Skibbereen Farmers Market (The Fairfield, every Saturday 09:30-13:30) as the region's finest weekly.
Longueville House Apple Brandy and Cider Experience ★ 4.3
Longueville House produces Ireland's only apple brandy on a 400-acre wooded estate in the Blackwater Valley near Mallow, 35 km north of Cork city.