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Overlooking the fountain from Farm-Gate

A lot of things taste better in Ireland: the Guinness, the farmhouse cheese, the fried pork, the dirty spuds. Since some of us aren\'t ready to ditch the St. Patrick\'s-ian mindset, this has to be one of the Emerald Isle\'s best culinary destinations: The English Market in Cork City, an indoor covered market hall and Ireland\'s answer to the lively, delicious Turkish bazaars. It\'s been around since 1786.

Cork English Market

It is one of the oldest of its kind. Trading as a market since 1788, it predates most of the other markets like it. Barcelona\'s famous Boqueria market did not start until 80 years after it first started to serve the people of Cork. It has survived the Famine, Revolutions, Wars, Fire and Economic decline..

Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

The market includes a wide choice of healthy, nutritious and flavorsome vegetables, including Organic selections and fruit.

The Real Olive Company

In the Grand Parade market the range of olives and the produce that they are selling includes chillies, feta cheese, pickles, sun-dried tomatoes, vine leaves, olive oil and dried fruits.

Farmhouse Cheese\'s available in the market

On the Pigs Back in the English Market offers excellent cheese and charcuterie from both home and abroad. Whether its for the home table or a restaurant, they can cater for all your needs. The staff are friendly, professional and most important know about all the products they sell.

Heavens Cakes beautiful with coffee

Heavens Cakes has got the right idea when it comes to cakes & savoury tarts.
Just looking at these beautiful tasty treats may put on a few calories, but when you taste them its well worth it.
Trading now in the market for a number of years they have started to give to the locals what used to be seen in cookery books or on the television.

Lunch-time treat with coffee

Today you can find the older traditional stalls, Vegetable, Butchers, Fruit, Fishmongers along side Cheese, Pasta, Health, Coffee, Sandwich, Oriental stalls but to name a few. Produce that would have only been seen on holidays on far off exotic places are now readly available in the market every day.

General Info

These days parents are bombarded with information on nutrition for children. The news is full of stories about children being overweight, eating too much junk food, not eating enough fruit and vegetables, missing out on calcium and missing out on iron. There are so many different ‘experts’ saying so many different things that it’s no wonder parents can become confused about what they should be feeding their children. But at least there is one food they can be sure about – the outstanding health benefits of regularly eating fish.........

Kay O'Connell's

Kay O'Connell fish stall in the market is an impressive sight on any day. The fish come's from around the world and end's up on the stall fresh and ready to be cooked.
The stall is very large and has been on many television ads as well as receiving plenty of awards through the years for the quality of their produce. They have been awarded the Seafood Circle award which they proudly display on the counter.

First started by Kay O'Connell in 1962 and now run by her two sons, the stall has made a name for itself not just locally but around Ireland as well, Rick Stein has said that its a must shop when in the market.
Supplying alot of restaurants in Cork and beyond, as well as the local, its not unusual to see prominent chefs shopping here for their produce to be cooked that evening. Most of the fish sold on the stall comes from the auctions at Union Hall or from the nearby ports of Castletownbere and Ballycotton or from as far as Killybegs.

At any given time you never know who may be standing beside you buying fish that may have been caught locally or freighted in from abroad. The counter is like an artists canvas and early in the morning its filled in such a way that you will notice it from afar.
All the fish can either be sold on the bone or filleted, the choice is yours. The staff are professional and language is not an issue at this stall so no matter where your from and if your in cork then you know where to buy fresh fish. Many good chefs have shopped here and its any wonder that they do so well.

The range of fish on offer every day is very good, you can purchase the below named seafood delights almost every day.
Cod, Hake, Salmon, Plaice, Lemon Sole, Black Sole, Turbot, Skate (Ray-Wing), Sea-Bass, Sea-Bream, Haddock, Monk Fish, Tuna, Sword-Fish, Halibout, Battle-board (Salted-Ling), Whiting, White Sole, Chowder-mix, Smoked Coley/Haddock, fresh Prawns and much much more.
Mussels, Oysters, and if its fresh Lobster you want then its available from the tank.

A vast range of frozen products is available as well as traditional smoked salmon.