Supporting Irish businesses is vital this year, so in the lead up to Christmas Newstalk is featuring different local businesses around the country from a variety of sectors. This week Pat Kenny chats with Graham Roberts, Owner of Connemara Smokehouse.
Connemara Smokehouse has crafted traditionally smoked wild Atlantic seafood for more than 40 years and were one of the first to start the environmentally friendly line catching tuna in Ireland.
The smokehouse sits on the very edge of Connemara where the castle ruins of the Pirate Queen Granuaile (Grace O’Malley c1530-1603) look down on it from across the harbour.
With the idyllic location and top-quality food combined, the Connemara Smokehouse has no shortage of visitors. Each year foodies flock to discover just how the world’s finest smoked seafood offerings are traditionally crafted by the Roberts family.
Connemara Smokehouse is Ireland’s first Food Économusée, a fascinating place to visit and learn all about the traditional Irish process of handcrafting perfect smoked seafood. The Économusée element of their business promotes rural tourism and contributes to local employment within Connemara.
The products that are produced in the Smokehouse have won an array of awards and have been stocked in prestigious high street leaders such as Harrods and Fortnum and Mason.
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