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[email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License 06 Mac Con Iomaire FCS 14.4:Layout 1 19/7/11 10:52 Page 525 Food, Cultur&e Society volume 14 issue 4 december 2011 The Changing Geography and Fortunes of Dublin’s Haute Cuisine Restaurants, 1958–2008 Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire Dublin Institute of Technology Abstract This paper considers the changing geography and fortunes of Dublin’s haute cuisine restaurants over the last half century, placing them within both a national and international context. Ireland’s place within the global story of food is discussed, and the paper illustrates links between Dublin and European and global trends. The paper shows that in the 1950s, Dublin could be seen as the gastronomic capital of the British Isles.