Top Westport Food & Drink

Learn about Irish food culture during a private, immersive cooking experience. Prepare traditional Irish soda bread and scones from scratch, all while gaining insight into local food heritage. Taste brown soda bread hot from the oven with Irish country butter and locally made jam over tea and conversation. After the class, bring a loaf of bread home.

Marjorie is a charming and outgoing Irish woman who loves meeting people and sharing her passion for food. Join your host Marjorie at her small but charming kitchen to learn to cook a traditional Irish meal from recipes out of her own cookbooks, many of which have passed down through generations in her family. Marjorie loves to bake so most of your meal will be straight out of the oven. Enjoy a hands-on Irish cooking class that will last about an hour and a half. Roll up your sleeves and learn to make 2-3 traditional dishes from scratch with fresh ingredients, some that may have even been procured from your Marjorie’s garden. Your baking class will include learning to bake homemade scones, Irish soda bread or a traditional fish pie. Learn from an expert about the tips and techniques involved in home style Irish cooking before you sit down at the table to share the meal you helped prepare with Marjorie.

Immerse yourself in the culture and history of Irish whiskey with this in-home whiskey tasting experience in County Sligo. With a local whiskey-enthusiast as your guide, taste Irish, Scotch, and Bourbon whiskeys and learn about the perfect food pairings. You'll walk away with a lot more knowledge about whiskey to impress your family and friends and inform your future drinking choices.

Take a whirlwind pub tour from Westport, around the village pubs of Connemara soaking up the local atmosphere. Availability: most of the year. Max: 8. Visit legendary Irish pubs on this whirlwind tour sampling the best on offer, while travelling through the picturesque Mayo and Galway landscapes. Over a 5 to 6-hour tour you will travel through the beautiful villages of Leenan, Maam Valley, Clonbur and Tourmakeady stopping off at four different hostelries on route. Sample the best food and or drink Connemara has to offer while chatting with the local publicans. The atmosphere and unique character of the Connemara Pub is something not to be missed. Enjoy a pint of Guinness or a tasty home-made seafood chowder, listen to a story from the barman or barmaid, sing a song or speak a few words as Gaeilge! On our return we will wind our way through North Connemara, through the majestic mountains and valleys of the north before continuing along the coast of Lough Mask and back to Westport.