Robert O’Connor is a two-time RDS National Craft Competition winner, turning local Wexford timber into bowls, gifts, and experiences worth making the trip for.
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Lithuanian blacksmith Dainius Varnelis and goldsmith Lina work from a home studio near Enniscorthy, creating hand-forged gates, ironwork, and sculpture that belongs in a category of its own.
A five-generation family business in Arthurstown, Co. Wexford. Ballyhack Smokehouse cold-smokes salmon over beechwood for up to 48 hours — one of Ireland’s finest artisan smokehouses.
In the village of Barntown just outside Wexford town, Sebz Restaurant has been serving seriously good contemporary Irish food since 2018. The kind of place that makes a county proud.
The Stafford family have farmed in County Wexford for three hundred years. Their Jackford Gin takes the family potato harvest and turns it into one of Ireland’s most distinctive craft gins — silky, botanical, and genuinely rooted in place.
Zaeire Artisan Chocolates are made by hand in Wexford using the finest Belgian chocolate and quality natural ingredients. Multiple Great Taste Award winners with a shop in Bridgetown that doubles as a showcase for local producers.
Yellow Belly make a lot of beer, and they make it well. Under head brewer Declan Nixon, the Wexford brewery has built a flagship range that’s become a fixture on craft beer lists across Ireland — and kept expanding from there.
Wild & Native on Rosslare Strand is one of the most awarded seafood restaurants in the South East — a young couple’s passionate project that has grown into a genuine dining destination, celebrating the best of what arrives at Wexford’s door from the sea.
Clodagh Davis makes Naturally Cordial from whole fruit in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford — using local produce, organic citrus, and no artificial additives. Multiple Blas na hÉireann gold medallist, stocked in SuperValu, Dunnes, and independent stores across Ireland.
The Ballycross Apple Farm in Bridgetown, Co. Wexford, has closed its doors to visitors — but the hand-pressed apple juices it spent decades perfecting are still being made and sold through Irish retailers. The orchard’s story continues in every bottle.
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