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The breads baked in The Bakehouse have a very distinctive malty brown colour. They are light, but, because they have been properly proved, they have enough body to make them satisfying. At Easter time, be sure not to miss the Hot Cross Buns. The shop also retails flowers, both fresh and dried. There is a good range of preserves of all hues and flavours, teas and coffees and, at the back of the shop, there is a café....

Alan's is an invaluable shop, with a great brace of organic vegetables from the locality, rare cheeses such as Ballingeary, baby Organix foods for the kids, and a great range of pulses, grains and whatnots alongside the standard rigmarole of a wholefood shop....

Hudson's Wholefoods is here all year long, selling the West Cork cheeses, the seaweeds, the necessary foods, and the best range of organic vegetables in the area. this commitment is vital, and her dedication energises Hudson's, and raises it far above the norm of a wholefood shop, making it a vital part of the local food culture....

Field's is one of the finest supermarkets in Ireland and, square foot for square foot, it may indeed be the very best. It manages this by, on the one hand, being part of the Supervalu group, which means its costs for basic items are as keen as anyone else's. But it allies this cost keenness with an array of local foods from local folk, and with the breads and cakes of its own bakery, to put together a smashing shop, terrific cornucopia of good things. so, first thing in the morning, the s...

Nadine runs an excellent fish counter, in a small wooden hut right on the bridge at Skibbereen. Great fresh fish and shellfish - even with so little space you might find brill, turbot, salted ling, smoked herrings, wild salmon, plaice and many others fighting it out for space on the ice. Expect charming service and helpful advice....