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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.

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.

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..

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.

Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

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

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.

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.

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Feeding You and Your Baby Right From the Start

Most of us know that eating a healthy, balanced diet will help to keep us fit and healthy and prevent disease in later life, but few of us think seriously about our food until we start to plan a pregnancy. That is when we realise that what we eat will affect not just our health but also the health of the baby.

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Seafood

Ballycotton Seafood

The story of Ballycotton Seafood is as good as it gets. Starting of first as a small traditional smoke house in Garryvoe, Midleton, Co. Cork. it soon went on to bigger things. They had their own fishing vessels supplying them with fresh fish and prawns, which in turn they used to supply many restaurants in the South-East region.

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.

Willie Martin

Willie Martin has been trading for years in the market opposite Kay O Connell fishmongers.

Ballycotton Seafood

Ballycotton Seafood, though less than a decade old, has already established itself as a purveyor of high quality fresh Irish seafood. Starting off first as a small traditional smoke house in Garryvoe, Midleton, Co. Cork, it soon developed into one of the most respected and trusted fish suppliers in the great county of Cork.