14 Traditional Irish Dishes
If my grandma were still alive, she would enjoy this post featuring traditional Irish dishes! Grandma June was very proud of her Irish heritage. I loved hearing stories about her family and learning about our ancestry. I wish she was still hear to tell my kids about our relatives, but I guess they’ll have to rely on my fading memory.
I thought it would fun to research traditional Irish dishes in honour of St. Patrick’s day coming up and also in memory of my grandma. Grandma loved making her “meat and potatoes” meals. Whatever she made always turned out delicious. She had that special knack!
Some of these Irish dishes were completely new to me while others I knew very well and remember my grandma making. There’s a few dishes I’m not that interested in trying like Black Pudding and Crubeens. I know my grandma well though. She has likely tried these dishes and if she hadn’t wouldn’t even flinch to try it. She grew up in the depression and always said that she would eat anything you gave her because she knew what hunger was like. I always joked that she would win an eating challenge on Fear Factor.
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Celebrate Ireland with any of these 14 traditional Irish dishes!
1. Blaa. A soft white bread roll with a dusting of white flour from Waterford Ireland. Try this recipe for a Chip Butty on Waterford Blaa.
2. Soda Bread. In Ireland, this quick bread is made with a cake or pastry flour, buttermilk, salt and uses baking soda instead of yeast. Try my Air Fryer Irish Soda Bread.
3. Wheaten Bread. This is also known as brown soda bread. It’s popular in Northern Ireland and uses wholewheat flour instead of white flour. Try my Irish Brown Bread.
4. Potato Bread. A popular style of bread where potato replaces some of the flour in the recipe. They are fried and traditionally served with breakfast. Try this recipe for Irish Potato Bread.
5. Colcannon. An Irish dish made with mashed potatoes with kale (or cabbage), milk (or cream), butter, salt and pepper. Barefeet in the Kitchen has bacon in her Irish Colcannon recipe.
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6. Dublin Coddle. This dish is usually made with leftovers and normally consists of sliced pork sausages, bacon, sliced potatoes and onions in a stew-like meal. Try Tara’s Multicultural Tale recipe for Dublin Coddle.
7. Black Pudding. A style of blood sausage made with pork blood and oatmeal. Give this recipe for Black Pudding a try, if you dare!
8. Crubeens. Braised pig’s feet that are battered and deep fried. Check out this Crubeens recipe.
9. Skirts and Kidneys. A traditional Irish stew that hails from Cork, Ireland. It’s made with pork trimmings (skirts) and pork kidneys plus potatoes, onions, thyme and salt and pepper. Whip up a batch of Skirts and Kidneys with this recipe.
10. Boxty. An Irish potato pancake made with a mix of mashed and grated potatoes. Serve this Boxty recipe with some sour cream and green onions.
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11. Champ. Another yummy Irish potato recipe made with mashed potatoes, butter, milk and green onions. Veggie Desserts has a simple Champ recipe to try.
12. Cottage Pie. It’s also known as Shepherd’s Pie. A popular meat pie with a mashed potato topping. Serve up this Cottage Pie recipe to your family for dinner.
13. Dublin Lawyer. Rich with lots of whiskey in it like the lawyers of Dublin two centuries ago! It’s made with lobster, cream and some Irish whiskey. Here’s a delicious recipe for Dublin Lawyer with Rice.
14. Irish Stew. There are lots of variations for Irish stew, but generally it consists of meat and root veggies. Recipe Tin Eats has a hearty recipe for Irish Stew.
Out of these 14 dishes, I’ve made a short list of recipes to try leading up to St. Patrick’s day. I want to make Colcannon, Boxty, Dublin Lawyer and some good ol’ Irish Stew. Mmmm I can almost taste it now.
You’ll also love this collection of St. Patrick’s Day desserts.
Have you tried any of these Irish dishes? Which ones would (or wouldn’t) you make?
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I have had Cottage Pie before, very yummy. I would love to try the Colcannon and the Boxty. Thank you for sharing this post, these are all great dishes to make for St. Patrick’s Day.
Those potato pancakes look amazingly good. Thank you for sharing these delicious looking collection of recipes.
I’m of Irish descent and know 2 of these 14. Embarrassing. Thanks for providing them. Think I’ll start with Champ and move my way up.
I’ve heard of a few of these Irish Dishes but the one that I would love to make is the Potato Bread. I was surprised that it is for breakfast so I had to click the link and it looks so good served with scrambled eggs. A great way to use left over mashed potatoes. Thanks for the idea!
Those potato pancakes look so good. Thank you for sharing this collection of recipes.
Heavens I’m going to have a field day making some of these 🙂 The Blaa sounds fantastic, just right for a chip buttie which I do love so much or to eat with mushy peas. Oh and I love potato cakes, the Irish ones are some of the best 🙂
I would love to try these dishes.The one I want to try first is the Colcannon
I like the Boxty recipe, some to try there for sure, thanks!
What fun and different recipes…interesting ones, too. I’ve made shepherd’s pie several times but hadn’t called it cottage pie. Irish stew, too. My husband would probably like the Irish Coddle, and I’d like to try the Dublin Lawyer. Let us know how the Dublin Lawyer turns out please.
yum! to boxty and Irish stew 🙂 I will definitely be making that this month 🙂
I have tried to make these before, but have failed. I will try this recipe!
I’ve got a little Irish in my background. Since my daughter is vegetarian, I think I’ll make colcannon.
kerrygold has a great recipe for colcannon using their Dubliner cheddar cheese. Made some Sunday night, it’s all gone now!
I haven’t seen these recipes in a long time, my Grandma use to cook Irish food I will be trying all of these
Hmmm, I’ll have to look into some of these recipes…would make a great dinner for St.Patrick’s Day!
i make Cottage Pie/Sheppards pie alot, lots of great recipes and ideas for making a great St.Patricks Day dinner! Thanks!
Thanks for the list. We make Shepherd’s Pie all the time.
I make cottage pie (shepherd’s pie) all the time, it is one of our favourites!
I so love Irish stew , its awesome i love comfort food thanks for sharing 🙂 Irish potato pancake looks delish never thought of sour cream and green onions a must try for sure 🙂
Irish cuisine is my favourite, I can’t wait to try these recipes, thank you!
Cottage Pie and Irish stew……tasty and so hearty!