A handy list of where to find the best bakery in every Irish county, because this is need-to-know information.
If there’s one thing I have a nose for it’s freshly baked goods… I must have been a professionally trained sniffer dog in a past life because I can scour out pastries like nobody’s business. A skill that has served me well thus far and one that really ought to be shared with the world.
Which leads us to the below, a list of the best bakeries in every Irish county so you’ll never be left sans cruffins, croissants or country sourdough again. Some are brick-and-mortar locations, others operate in a number of different cafes/at markets but commit these names to memory and you’ll be just fine.
Antrim
Loveworks Cooperative
Armagh
Grain Bakehouse
Carlow
Loaf
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Cavan
Picardie Artisan Bakery
Clare
Naturally Wild Sourdough
Cork
Declan Ryan’s Arbutus Bread
Derry
Ditty’s Bakery
Donegal
Scarpello & Co
Down
Heatherlea Bakery
Dublin
Scéal Bakery
Fermanagh
The Bread Table
Galway
Marmalade
Kerry
Bácús Bhréanainn
Kildare
Crean’s Place
Kilkenny
Arán Kilkenny
Laois
Mueller & O’Connell Bakery
Leitrim
Finn & Albie’s Gastronomy
Limerick
Our Daily Bread
Longford
Courtyard Café & Bakery
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Louth
The Home Bakery
Mayo
Cornrue Bakery
Meath
Baska Bakery
Monaghan
Matilda’s Bakery
Offaly
O’Donohue’s Bakery
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Roscommon
Molloy’s Artisan Bakery
Sligo
Baker Boys
Tipperary
Riot Rye Bakehouse and Bread School
Tyrone
Wee Buns
Waterford
Seagull Bakery
Westmeath
Brea Delicious
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Wexford
Kelly’s Café
Wicklow
The Firehouse
Any you don’t agree with? Do let me know so I can test out your suggestions and pass it off as ‘research’.
Header image via Instagram/Scéal