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As we are busy planning Taste Leitrim events for 2020 we take a fond look back at The Leitrim Boxty Festival. This inaugural event was one of the highlights of the Taste the Island initiative by Failte Ireland. The festival was celebration of Boxty, a food which originates from Leitrim.There

We’d like to wish our members and friends a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year. 2019 has been a fantastic year for Taste Leitrim with highlights such as the inaugural Leitrim Boxty Festival taking place. This was just one of the many wonderful Taste the Island events held

The Boxty Making Competition was part of The Leitrim Boxty Festival. 8 contestants took part in the competition which was held in The Food Hub, Drumshanbo. Pixel Dust was there to capture the atmosphere in this fantastic video.

The inaugural Leitrim Boxty Festival took place on October 19th, 2019 in The Dock Arts Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon. It was a celebration of Boxty, a food which originates from Leitrim. There was something for all ages to enjoy including art workshops, folklore, music, dance, boxty making and of course boxty tasting.

Is there anything nicer than Afternoon Tea? Those delicate sandwiches, scones warm from the oven and bite sized desserts. Harkin’s Cafe in Dromod have just launched their Afternoon Tea menu. It’s €15 per person and must be booked the day before. You can contact them on (071) 963 8741 or

Congratulations to The Oarsman in Carrick on Shannon who won the ‘Pub Food of the Year Award’ at the Food and Wine Ireland awards. Now in its 19th year, the Food and Wine Ireland Awards were held at The Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin on August 25th, 2019. The Oarsman gastropub

We were delighted to be at Ireland West Aiport last week to showcase the fantastic Taste Leitrim members. The visitors who came to sample the produce were very impressed and we heard lovely comments from people who’d been to eat out in Leitrim. Some of our members gave us fantastic

Ray D’Arcy took his RTE Radio 1 show to Acres Lake in Drumshanbo this afternoon. This was part of a week long series to explore Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands. Ray stayed at The Landmark Hotel in Carrick-on-Shannon where he heard all about the Carrick Water Music Festival which is on this

When you Taste Leitrim you experience a wealth of flavours. Some local, passed from generation to generation and some from further afield, combining flavours of the world with Leitrim produce. The Taste Leitrim brand tells the story of not just the food, but the people behind the food and the