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
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_E3bdwhHqd/
Armagh
Grain Bakehouse
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEvq4hvBSXF/
Carlow
Loaf
(Image via Facebook)
Cavan
Picardie Artisan Bakery
https://www.instagram.com/p/CD_9YxInxIa/?hl=en
Clare
Naturally Wild Sourdough
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFTxd7NHNUE/
Cork
Declan Ryan’s Arbutus Bread
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFeAVhoJEXX/
Derry
Ditty’s Bakery
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFO06rJH2UW/
Donegal
Scarpello & Co
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFeSckwBtZJ/
Down
Heatherlea Bakery
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAPvxWJBcOv/
Dublin
Scéal Bakery
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEToI02HBCN/
Fermanagh
The Bread Table
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFgzxVPD000/
Galway
Marmalade
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFgoXtNpXS2/
Kerry
Bácús Bhréanainn
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEcV-U6l8gh/
Kildare
Crean’s Place
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFSPeiCAXb3/
Kilkenny
Arán Kilkenny
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEV4yIHJoKH/
Laois
Mueller & O’Connell Bakery
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFJoAz3nsCV/?hl=en
Leitrim
Finn & Albie’s Gastronomy
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEgbwEuFqy2/
Limerick
Our Daily Bread
https://www.instagram.com/p/CE-CFr-jyK5/
Longford
Courtyard Café & Bakery
(Image via Facebook)
Louth
The Home Bakery
https://www.instagram.com/p/CE1IaaRMvPz/
Mayo
Cornrue Bakery
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDQ0FdQFL1U/
Meath
Baska Bakery
https://www.instagram.com/p/CB2l2cLnR00/
Monaghan
Matilda’s Bakery
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFPNnMtnVgY/
Offaly
O’Donohue’s Bakery
(Image via Facebook)
Roscommon
Molloy’s Artisan Bakery
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWz9YQ_Hgfe/
Sligo
Baker Boys
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFRdB6JBRxi/
Tipperary
Riot Rye Bakehouse and Bread School
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFfYBndHgAB/
Tyrone
Wee Buns
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-uIThlB2HL/?hl=en
Waterford
Seagull Bakery
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFEneaMDHfy/
Westmeath
Brea Delicious
(Image via Facebook)
Wexford
Kelly’s Café
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUqHESAzaA/?hl=en
Wicklow
The Firehouse
https://www.instagram.com/p/CE6CBqjn5mW/
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
