Top Food Tours in Ireland

Fab Food Trails Cork ★ 4.7 · Cork

English Market Quarter · Grand Parade Entrance, The English Market, Cork

Cork's most respected food walking tour since 2012, running 2.5-3 hours through Cork city with the English Market and six to eight artisan stops included.

Ballymaloe Cookery School Tour ★ 4.7 · Cork

East Cork · Ballymaloe Cookery School, Shanagarry, County Cork, P25 R274

The daily afternoon demonstration at Ballymaloe Cookery School, run by Darina Allen since 1983 on a 100-acre organic farm. At €70 per person, visitors join.

Galway Food Tours Daytime Walking Tour ★ 4.7 · Galway

Galway Food Tours runs a 2.5-hour walking food tour starting outside McCambridges on Shop Street, with six stops across the Latin Quarter including the Galway Market on Saturdays and Sundays.

★ 4.6 · Galway

Galway Food Tours 2.5-hour tasting walk departs McCambridge's on Shop Street and threads the Latin Quarter, taking in the Saturday market, Sheridans cheese.

Kilkenny Foodie Tours ★ 4.6 · Kilkenny

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Kilkenny Foodie Tours runs private customizable walking tours covering Irish cheeses, artisan chocolates and brewery stops with venue-owner narratives.

Cork English Market Guided Food Tour ★ 4.5 · Cork

English Market Quarter · English Market, Grand Parade, Cork

A 2-hour guided tour focusing exclusively on the English Market, sampling gourmet delights including fresh seafood platters, handmade chocolates, Irish.

★ 4.5 · Dublin

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Dublin Craft Beer Tour: a three-hour walking craft beer tour crossing north and south Dublin pubs, six independent Irish craft beers in traditional pubs.

Tip: Maximum twelve walkers; book the 10:00 Saturday slot for the busiest market day.

★ 4.5 · Dublin

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Delicious Dublin Tours: Ketty Quigley's three-hour South Dublin walking food tour, small-group with six stops around George's Street and Wexford Street area.

Tip: Maximum eight walkers; the food writer Ketty Quigley leads most weekend tours personally. Book a month ahead in summer.

★ 4.5 · Dublin

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Walking Food Tours' Food on Foot: a three-hour Liberties and city centre walk by Kevin Adams, weekend mornings starting at St Catherine's Church on Thomas.

Tip: Come hungry and arrive fifteen minutes early; Saturday and Sunday 11:00 are the only public departures.

★ 4.5 · Galway

Tour and Taste Galway runs a small-group 2-hour walking food tour from Eyre Square with guide Gerry Grealish; the route hits three venues across the city.

Yellow Umbrella Galway Food Tour ★ 4.5 · Galway

Yellow Umbrella runs a Galway food walking tour from the Spanish Arch through the Latin Quarter, three venues for starter, main and dessert with wild Irish salmon on soda bread along the way.

Kilkenny Food and Brewery Tour ★ 4.5 · Kilkenny

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Viator's Kilkenny Food and Brewery Tour explores historic Smithwick's ale, a local chocolatier and Irish seafood tastings on a walking tour from Kilkenny Castle.

Cork Food and History Tour ★ 4.4 · Cork

City Centre · Patrick Street, Cork (outside Tourist Information Centre)

A three-hour walking tour starting outside the Tourist Information Centre on Patrick Street, combining Cork's food culture with its history.

★ 4.4 · Dublin

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Secret Food Tours Dublin: a three-hour walk from Trinity College through Dublin's Georgian quarter with six tastings including Irish coffee, oysters, stew.

Tip: Maximum twelve walkers; the surprise final dish is part of the format. Meets at the Grattan statue on College Green.

Kilkenny Food Tours - Daytime Culinary Walking Tour ★ 4.4 · Kilkenny

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Kilkenny Food Tours runs 3-hour culinary walking tours of the city on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday mornings plus a Friday afternoon departure.

Cork Culinary Tour by Bonner Travel ★ 4.3 · Cork

City Centre · Patrick Street, Cork (outside Tourist Information Centre)

A 2.5-hour culinary walking tour visiting Cork's finest indigenous food producers and artisan shops. Operated by Bonner Travel's specialist food tourism.

★ 4.3 · Galway

Lally Tours Walk Talk Taste departs the Explore Galway Kiosk in Eyre Square; the 2.5-hour guided walk visits four seasonal city venues for an Irish dish.

Kilkenny Food Tours - Private and Specialist Tours ★ 4.3 · Kilkenny

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Kilkenny Food Tours offers private departures 7 days a week covering specialist themes: the Evening Food Tour visits the city's best dinner venues by night.

Smithwick's Experience Brewery Tour ★ 4.3 · Kilkenny

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The Smithwick's Experience brewery tour at 44 Parliament Street takes guests through 300 years of brewing history on the site where Franciscan monks first.

Cork Brewing and Craft Beer Trail ★ 4.2 · Cork

City Centre · Rising Sons Brewery, Cornmarket Street, Cork

A self-directed Cork Ale Trail connecting the city's craft beer venues - Rising Sons on Cornmarket Street, Franciscan Well on North Mall, Elbow Lane.

★ 4.2 · Dublin

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Irish Whiskey Museum on Grafton Street in Dublin 2, an hour-long museum walk and four-whiskey comparative tasting in the basement tasting room.

Tip: Premium tour at €35 includes a fifth whiskey and a souvenir glass. Daily 10:00-18:00 every half hour.

★ 4.2 · Dublin

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Dublin Craft Beer Tour: a three-hour walking craft beer tour crossing north and south Dublin pubs, six independent Irish craft beers in traditional pubs.

Tip: Capped at small groups; book ahead through the operator site. Combine with a meal at L. Mulligan Grocer afterwards.