Ireland's most famous
traditional specialties

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Most celebrated dish

Irish Stew
Lamb (or mutton) is simmered with potatoes and onions.

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Other renowned specialties
alphabetical

Banger
This sausage is similar to the English banger, but less seasoned.

Bacon and Cabbage
Those two ingredients are stewed together.

Barmbrack
Fruit-studded bread. Popular at teatime.

Boxty
The Irish potato pancake. Grated potatoes are mixed with mashed potatoes, then fried.

Calcannon
One-pot dish of boiled potatoes, cabbage and onions.

Champ
Mashed potatoes mixed with onions and doused with butter.

Coddle
A medley of bacon, pork sausages, and potatoes. A Dublin favorite.

Crubeens
Breaded, fried pigs' trotters.

Drisheen
Blood pudding sausage

Dublin Lawyer
Lobster with a whisky-and-cream sauce.

Farl
Pan-fried soda-leavened flatbread

Soda Bread
Round soda-leavened bread loaf etched with a cross on top.

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Most famous meal

Irish Breakfast
An enormous meal simultaneously featuring eggs, bacon, pork sausage, black pudding, fried tomatoes, and more.

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Best known beverages

Guiness Stout
The one brewed in Ireland is noticeably superior to a Guiness Stout brewed abroad.

Irish Whiskey
It differs from Scotch Whisky in two ways: It has a less pronounced smoky flavor - and it's spelled with an "e". Bushmill's and Jamison are the top two brands.

Tea
The Irish are great tea, not coffee drinkers.

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