The proprietors of Number 31 are Mary and David Bennett, who both prepared our meals. Francesca loved her fairly traditional Irish breakfast of Irish bacon, sausage, eggs and potato pancakes. Francesca loves American style bacon but had never had Irish bacon, which is closer to Canadian bacon.
Irish bacon is more like cured smoked ham.
She enjoyed the Irish bacon. Bruce told Francesca of how many people think that corned beef and cabbage is a traditional Irish dish, but that the corned beef really isn't Irish at all. When newly arrived Irish emigrants came to New York City in America they looked for Irish bacon but couldn't find any in New York City. So they found a substitute in the corned beef they found in Jewish delicatessens in New York. So corned beef and cabbage became a traditional Irish American dish only because Irish bacon wasn't available in New York City.