Pages tagged Ireland
Achill
Hugh O'Malley's oyster from Ireland's largest island, started in April 2014 after an idea that began with a 1996 radio documentary about salmon.
Rossmore
A Cork Harbour farm founded in 1969 to breed native oysters in ponds. Bonamia took 14 million; decades of selective breeding brought the natives back to market in 2023.
Galway in September
The world's oyster-opening championship, an Oyster Trail through the city, and the native flat oysters of Galway Bay at the start of their season.
Kelly Oysters
A Galway Bay family farm growing about a million native and Pacific oysters a year, packed in seaweed and shipped from Kilcolgan to Dubai.
Carlingford Lough
A border lough whose famous wild oysters were gone by 1883, revived in 1974 by a Dutch sailor who heard a radio program about them.
Galway Native
Galway Bay's flat oyster, eaten when there's an R in the month and celebrated each September by a festival that began with 34 guests in 1954.