Discover Mayo’s Finest Food Trail Discover Mayo’s Finest Food from the Land and Sea…

Introduction This food trail has been devised by Park Hotel, in association with Mayo food producers, to showcase the wonderful artisan food in the vicinities of Mulranny, Newport, Westport and Achill.

With the as its 1 Mulranny Park Hotel 2 Kelly’s Butchers in Newport backdrop, the Gourmet Greenway matches Mulranny Park’s fresh breads, baked daily on the premises Established on Newport’s Main Street in the 1930s, Kelly’s stunning scenery with simply delicious food. are so popular that they are now available to purchase. remains a family business, currently run by brothers Where possible we encourage you to visit Choose from homemade brown, banana and sun dried Sean & Seamus and Sean’s two sons, Kenneth & Cormac. tomato and parmesan breads. Also popular are our Foodies make a point of stopping at Kelly’s to purchase and purchase the fare of the producers along homemade jams and chutneys. their award-winning black & white puddings and sausages the Gourmet Greenway and build this that are regular winners in national and international The Restaurant has one of the best vistas in competitions. Don’t depart without experiencing Kelly’s unique gastro experience into your outdoor the country, overlooking and with views of ‘Putóg’, a traditional black pudding originally cooked activities in an area of unrivalled beauty. . The dinner menu is a celebration of the inside a sheep’s stomach casing. Sean Kelly is described Gourmet Greenway with all the producers featuring by Bridgestone Guide publisher John McKenna as daily on the menus. The McKennas Guide lists the “one of the most creative charcutiers in the entire country” Restaurant as one of the ‘Top 100 Restaurants in and is the first ever Irish member of the Confrérie des for 2014’. The Waterfront Bar offers a more informal Chevaliers du Goute-Boudin (The Black Pudding dining experience with a bistro menu from 12pm to 9pm. Fraternity of Lovers of Good Food) If weather permits, have a drink on the terrace and reflect on your Greenway experience. Main Street, Newport, Co. Mayo. Tel: 098 41149 Web: www.kellysbutchers.com Mulranny, Westport, Co. Mayo. Email: [email protected] Tel: 098 36000 Web: www.mulrannyparkhotel.ie Visit: Mon-Thurs 9am-7pm; Fri-Sat 8am-8pm Email: [email protected] GPS: N 53 53.149, W 9 32.798 Visit the Gourmet Greenway at: GPS: N 53 54.340, W 9 47.038 www.MulrannyParkHotel.ie 3 Keem Bay Fish Products 4 Murrevagh Honey 5 Curraun Blue Trout Farm Gerry Hassett began smoking wild Irish in 1985. Murrevagh Honey has been produced for the last 3 years Curraun Blue is the only organically sea farmed trout in When stocks of wild salmon were reduced and no longer by James McDermott & Derek Norton. Ireland and is run by father and son team Tom & Tom sustainable, Gerry switched to smoking Doherty in Mulranny. Curraun Blue Trout farm retains It is a small hobby apiary, which started with one hive Atlantic Farmed Salmon and established Keem Bay Fish its traditional farming methods including a respect for and has grown to seven. The bees gather their pollen and Products in 1992. The salmon is 100% organic and of the environment, a diet of natural or organic ingredients nectar from the wonderful Mulranny Mediteranean excellent quality for smoking. and allowing longer time at sea than a conventional farm. Heather, the fushia, blackberry bushes and all across Foodies can find Gerry in his smoking house at Keel in the Murrevagh area. Access is restricted but Curraun Blue Trout where he smokes salmon, mackerel and regularly appears on the Nephin Restaurant. The honey is harvested by hand using a spinner to extract kippers in his own kiln and oak roasts salmon. Gerry & the honey from the wax frames, which have been filled Doughil, Mulranny, Co. Mayo Julie are also the proprietor’s of The Chalet restaurant and capped with soft wax by the bees. Murrevagh Honey Tel: 087 2858758 Email: [email protected] in Keel which is 50 years in business and specialises in is a very light coloured honey with a delicate flavour. GPS: N 53 55.172, W 9 47.721 premium seafood. Murrevagh, Mulranny, Westport, Co Mayo. The Chalet Restaurant, Keel, Achill, Co Mayo. Tel: James 086 8163382 Tel: 098 43157 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Hours: Open daily from 6pm – closing times may vary. Visit: The honey is sold locally when available in Meet: Fish can be purchased from the Chalet Restaurant Mulranny Market and Kelly’s butchers. during season. The Apiary can be viewed from the road. GPS: N 53 58.471, W 10 05.115 GPS: N 53 54.230, W 9 45.860

A Proud Tradition The vast majority of artisan food producers in the Gourmet Greenway catchment are practising crafts which are steeped in ancient traditions. Like the scenery of the area which was forged in the last ice age these crafts The Mulranny Park Hotel is located on the have been in practise since our ancestors roamed these shores. The processes – a coastal driving route along Ireland’s West Coast. It is wild, used by the artisans of the Greenway have changed little over time with the rugged, untamed, exciting and it promises to be an experience that exception of the introduction of modern hygiene standards. The Gourmet Greenway will remain in your heart and mind long after you’ve gone home. – A feast for the senses 6 Carrowholly Cheese 7 Oileán Éadaigh West Mayo Brewery 8 Achill Lamb Carrowholly Cheese is named after the small village of Oileán Éadaigh West Mayo Brewery is run by Iain and In 1962 Martin Calvey began butchering his Mayo Carrowholly, Westport, where the cheese is handcrafted Caroline Price on a working farm in , County Blackface Mountain Lambs from his farm and proudly by owner Andrew Pellam Burn. Carrowholly is a hard, Mayo. Conceived in 2008, the microbrewery launched created the name ‘Achill Mountain Lamb’ for his unique gouda-style cheese made using raw cow’s milk from 4th July 2013. It produces 3 traditional, natural beers product. It is what the Calvey family still do today local farmers and vegetarian rennet. Younger cheeses are using malted barley, hops and the main ingredient, over fifty years later & is available exclusively from smooth and semi-firm, with a mildly sweet and slightly water from . Calveys Farm Abattoir & Butchers, Keel Achill, Island nutty flavour. Mature wheels are firmer, with a darker myrtle from the farm is also sometimes used for Achill Mountain Lamb is raised solely on a natural coloured paste and a fuller, more intense flavour. Available flavour as in days of old! The 3 beers are: Clew Bay diet of mother’s milk, wild herbs, heathers, grasses & in five flavours – plain, nettle, pepper, garlic & chive and Sunset, a red ale 4% ABV; Clifford’s Champion sea mist. The result is a Lamb of specialised taste & cumin – which come in 5Kg, 1Kg and 500gm units. (3C), a golden ale 4% ABV; Paddy’s Pilgrims Porter (3P), flavour enriched on this 100% natural Achill diet then Carrowholly cheese is available through McCormack’s a dark ale 4.2% ABV. They are available on draught in traditionally butchered & crafted in Calveys Abattoir Butchers & Christy’s Harvest, Westport & Café Rua in several pubs or hotels on the Greenway and elsewhere & Butchers. . in Mayo. We breed our lambs to give high quality lean carcasses, Carrowholly Cheese, Carrowholly, Westport. Oileán Éadaigh West Mayo Brewery, Islandeady, healthy pinky red in colour, firm deep texture, with Tel: 087 2373536 County Mayo. light skim of yellowish fat ensuring a unique succulent Web: purchase online at www.carrowhollycheese.ie Tel: 086 043 1053 Web: www.westmayobrewery.com flavour when cooked. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Calveys Farm & Abattoir Butchers, Achill Island Meet: Westport’s – Thurs & Sat | Newport market – Fri Visit: By appointment May to September Tel: (098) 43158 Web: www.calveysofachill.com GPS: N 53 48.808, W 9 36.503 GPS: N 53 49.157 W 9 25.021 Email: [email protected] Meet: Daily at Calveys, Keel.

The Gourmet Greenway – A feast for the senses 9 Achill Island Sea Salt 10 Rua and Café Rua 11 Newport House The O’Malley family recently began last year, to create Having sourced the best of local ingredients for over This historic Georgian House (4 star) provides its guests pure white crunchy sea salt flakes that melt in the mouth, 10 years in their original Café on New Antrim Street, with a unique opportunity to experience the elegance and where nothing was added but time, reviving an industry Castlebar, the Mc Mahon family opened RUA in 2008. hospitality of an historic Irish Country House. which existed on the Island up to the 1820’s. They The high-ceilinged and elegant dining room, drawing The split-level building contains a cafe upstairs over- operated initially in their kitchen and are now in a pilot room and sitting room overlook the garden and river. looking the indoor market downstairs selling delicious plant in Keel. locally sourced ingredients. Pop in for a lunch of bacon The award winning menu offered at Newport House Achill Island Sea Salt is a natural Irish product. Hand chop, spinach and champ, pick up some fishcakes for reflects our use of local produce only – fresh fish and harvested in a traditional manner, it has already gained dinner, which you could serve with some Rua tomato shell fish sourced daily also including our own home- much critical acclaim from chefs and cooks alike for its and apple chutney and Stephen Gould’s leaves, their smoked salmon. Local beef, lamb, poultry and Irish unique taste, texture, and appearance. The Sea Salt is homemade brown bread and follow up with a selection farmhouse cheeses all combine to provide a sophisticated listed in the McKenna’s Guide ‘ best in Ireland 2014’ of local Irish cheeses from the Sheridans-supplied selection menu beautifully enhanced by our internationally and is available in retail outlets throughout the country. or some apple tart. Listed in the Mc Kenna’s ‘100 best recognised wine cellar. restaurant guide’, the New Antrim street café is also a Tel: 0877590499 Newport, Co. Mayo. winner of Good Food Ireland’s ‘Café of the Year’ award. Web: www.achillisalndseasalt.ie Tel: 098 41222 Web: www.newporthouse.ie Email: [email protected] Rua – Spencer St, Castlebar Tel: 094 9286072 Email: [email protected] Meet: Each Saturday morning, 11-1.30pm, Café Rua – New Antrim St, Castlebar Tel: 094 9023376 Hours: 12.30pm-2.30pm (Lunch) Dinner from 7.00pm June-August, Keel Market, Achill, Web: Caferua.com Email: [email protected] Season: April-October GPS: N 53.97.443, W 10.08.525 Hours: Mon-Sat 8.30am until 6pm. (New Antrim Café GPS: N 53 53.090, W 9 32.875 now open until 9pm on Friday nights). GPS: N 53 51.563, W 9 17.892

The Gourmet Greenway – A feast for the senses 12 The Blue Bicycle Tearooms 13 An Port Mór 14 A Taste of Days Gone By The Blue Bicycle Tearooms is located in a charming 17th An Port Mór Restaurant, situated in the heart of Westport, A Taste of Days Gone By is a family run business headed century, stone-fronted historical house in the centre of is run by Chef-Proprietor Frankie Mallon. An Port Mór’s by Patti Moss. Using only the finest of natural ingredients Newport. Proprietors Phil & Frank Chambers oversee a philosophy is to use seasonal, local and artisan produce. and cooking the old fashioned way she produces home- menu that favours seasonal and local ingredients – many House specialities include pot roasted pigs cheeks with made jam’s, chutneys, relish and sauces. Her family of which are from Gourmet Greenway producers – that black pudding & apple and vanilla sauce and 21 day recipes date back to 1929 and they are named after the includes: gourmet salads & sandwiches served on home- dry-aged sirloin with red onion marmalade gravy. women in Patti’s family who created the recipes. Some made breads; homemade soups; in-house salad dressings and However, the main emphasis is on local fresh seafood of the most popular products are Grandmothers Apple pestos and freshly baked scones, cakes and tarts, including and shellfish, particularly lobster, crab, scallops and Jam, Dana’s Banana Butter, Patti Joy’s Very Berry Jam, the signature Blue Bicycle Orange Cake. The Blue Bicycle langoustines from Clew Bay. Mogan’s Orange Marmalade and an array of other Tea rooms is listed in the 2014 Georgina Campbell Best homemade products. Supplies An Port Mór restaurant. 1 Brewery Place, Westport, Co Mayo Food Guide & McKennas Guide Best in Ireland 2014 Tel: 098 26730 Web: www.anportmor.com Patti’s award winning produce has been listed among the Speciality teas and freshly ground coffee are served in vin- Email: [email protected] very best in Ireland in the McKenna’s Guide 2014. tage bone china pots alongside charming vintage bone china Hours: Nightly from 6pm, EarlyBird menu (2 courses Furnace, Co Mayo tea sets. Visitors have the choice of being served indoors €21.95) from 6-7pm Sun-Fri & until 6.30pm on Sat. Tel: 098 41717 | 087 7538055 or at picnic tables in the Blue Bicycle’s Victorian garden. GPS: N 53 47.943, W 9 31.318 Web: www.pattishomemadejam.com Main Street, Newport, Co. Mayo Email: [email protected] Tel: 098 41145 Web: www.bluebicycletearooms.com Visit: Patti will be at Castlebar Market Friday’s 9-3pm; Email: [email protected] Ballina Farmers Market Saturday’s 9am-2pm; Visit: May through to October, Mon-Sun: 10.30am-6pm Monday Market at the Valley during July and August; GPS: N 53 53.139, W 9 32.785 Kelly’s Butchers, Newport; the Valley House, Achill and the Beehive, Achill.

The Gourmet Greenway – A feast for the senses 15 Kelly’s Kitchen 16 The Gráinne Uaile 17 Marlene’s Chocolate Haven Kelly’s Kitchen Restaurant is located beside Kelly’s Award Winning Family Pub named after the famous Chocolate lovers will delight in Marlene’s Chocolate Artisan Butchers at the top of the town of Newport. Pirate Queen, Grace O’Malley, The Grainne Uaile has Haven in Westport. Marlene serves up the best hot A family run restaurant headed by Sean Kelly’s daughter, been in the McManamon family for over one hundred chocolate with the finest homemade cakes whilst you Shauna Kelly. The restaurant is a member of “Good years, and is currently being run by Harry McManamon. decide which of the handmade chocolates you’d like. Food Ireland” and they pride themselves on serving Marlene makes all the chocolates on the premises using Our aim is to provide simple, mouth- watering food, fresh, local produce – much of which comes from only the finest Belgian chocolate. All Chocolates are made from fresh, local produce. In winter, enjoy a pint Gourmet Greenway producers. Kelly’s Kitchen offers gluten free with a wide range of sugarless chocolates. of Guinness and a hearty meal beside the open fire. a wide choice of dishes to suit all tastes – including our In summer linger over a glass of wine with local seafood. Limecourt, James Street, Westport Famous Irish Lamb Stew, Kelly’s Mixed Gourmet Tel: 098 24564 Sausage Plate, Award Winning Kelly’s Pudding Plate, Fine food, fine drink and fine company... the perfect place Web: www.facebook.com/MarlenesChocolateHaven Soups, Sandwiches & Salads. For those with a sweet to stop on your Greenway adventure. Locals, visitors and Email: [email protected] tooth, we have some indulgent cakes, tarts and scones – rock stars have all enjoyed The Grainne Uaile experience. Visit: July & August Mon-Sat 10am-6pm; Sept-June all made in house. Kelly’s Kitchen provides a true flavour Newport, Co. Mayo Mon & Tues 10am-6pm & Thurs-Sat 10am-6pm of the area. Tel: 098 41776 Main Street, Newport, County Mayo Web: www.grainneuailenewport.ie Tel: 098 41647 Hours: Food daily 12pm-9pm Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Hours: Monday – Saturday 9am – 6pm GPS: N 53 52.995, W 9 32.753 GPS: N 53 53.149, W 9 32.798

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G N5 18 Croagh Patrick Seafoods N84 6 Westport For almost a quarter of a century the Gannon family has 13 been supplying their award-winning produce – Clew Bay native oysters, and clams throughout Ireland, the R330 UK and continental . All of the produce is from R335 the family’s mari-culture sites in Newport. Croagh Patrick A daily harvesting from Grade A oyster beds ensures 764 600 freshness and a “shore to door” delivery. Available from 500 400 N17 300 N60 Supervalu in Westport and Clarkes fish shop, Westport. 200 100 Roslaher, Newport, Mayo N59 Tel: 087 2497570 Web: www.croaghpatrickseafoods.ie Email: [email protected] Visit: Each Sat morning 10-12pm May-Sept, Subject to tides & weather & at Newport market on Fri. GPS: N 53 51.459, W 9 33.734

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