Common Foods
- Dairy: butter, milk, buttermilk, cheese (Ardrahan, Corleggy, Durrus, Cashel Blue, Cooleeney, Gubbeen)
- Grains: barley, oats, wheat
- Freshwater fish: trout, salmon (frequently smoked)
- Meat: beef, chicken, geese, lamb, mutton, pork, offal
- Seafood: mackerel, cod, shellfish (particularly mussels, oysters and lobster)
- Vegetables: cabbage, curly kale, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, onions
- Fruits: apple, pear, plum, blackberry, strawberry, raspberry, rhubarb
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