Even today, potatoes and bread are staples in their daily diet. As time went on and the country prospered, more of a variety of foods were added to their diet. Many of these foods were grown on the family farms.
Irish meals can be simple, as well as quite elegant.
The Irish are well know for their appreciation of a good drink. Stout, a strong, dark, malty-tasting beer, is Ireland's most popular drink. The Guinness family began brewing its stout in 1759 along the banks of Dublin's Liffey River, where it has been produced ever since. Today the Guinness brewery covers one square mile and has its own railroad. Guinness claims over 60 percent of the beer market in Ireland and is exported to more than 100 countries around the world.