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Top food to try in Dublin

6 dishes to eat in Dublin, what is in them, and where they belong.

Last updated 2026-08-09

1. Irish stew

Irish stew
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Lamb, potato and onion, cooked plainly and slowly.

2. Full Irish breakfast

Full Irish breakfast
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Eggs, bacon, sausage, black and white pudding, beans and soda bread.

3. Seafood chowder

Seafood chowder
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Thick, with brown bread — better on the coast than in the centre.

4. Boxty and colcannon

Boxty and colcannon
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Potato pancake, and mashed potato with kale and butter.

5. Guinness

Guinness
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Poured in two stages with a settling pause; a rushed pint is a bad pint.

6. Irish soda bread

Irish soda bread
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Leavened with bicarbonate rather than yeast, and made fresh daily.

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