Photograph: oak smoked salmon, slicedOak smoked salmon, sliced
The one we are known for. Slow cured, smoked over oak, then sliced and packed here at the smokehouse, ready for the table.
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Photograph: Ardglass harbour, with the original 1923 kiln behind the wall
Harbour Road, Ardglass · Co. Down
Oak smoked behind the harbour wall since 1923
We are a family smokehouse, four generations on. Our fish is cured slowly over days, not hours, smoked over oak the way the family always has, and sent chilled to your door anywhere in the UK and Ireland.
1923
Our great-grandfather began smoking fish in one kiln behind the harbour wall. That kiln is still standing.
Four generations
One family recipe, handed down from 1923 and still followed at the kilns today.
Days, not hours
We cure slowly and smoke over oak. It takes longer, and that is the point.
A family firm in Ardglass, Co. Down
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From the smokehouse
Three good places to start
Everything is sent chilled by courier across the UK and the Republic of Ireland, or you can collect from Harbour Road.
Photograph: oak smoked salmon, sliced
Photograph: a whole side of smoked salmonWhole sides
A whole side of oak smoked salmon for a big spread: a party, a family gathering, or the table at Christmas.
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Photograph: a gift box of salmon, trout and mackerelGift boxes
Smoked salmon, trout and mackerel together in one box. A proper present, especially at Christmas, and a taste of home for anyone far from Ardglass.
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Photograph: Paddy at the kilns
At the kilns
Paddy has tended our kilns for forty years
Paddy is our head smoker. He keeps to the family recipe and the slow cure, and he knows the oak and the kilns better than anyone.
40years at the kilns,
and still doing it the slow way
and still doing it the slow way
How we smoke, and how it beganPaddy’s own words on the smoke and the cure will go here.
Paddy, head smoker
Food you can trust
Checked, certified and plain about where our fish comes from
We would rather tell you straight than dress it up.
SALSA certified
Our food safety certification, kept up to date.
Food hygiene rating
Rating being confirmed
Member of Food NI
Part of Northern Ireland’s food and drink community.
Honest sourcing
Our salmon is farmed, mostly in Scotland. Mackerel and eel are landed off Ardglass. Trout comes from a farm inland, not far from here.
Where you will find us
Several Belfast hotels and a well-known Glasgow venue serve our fish. We will name them here once each has said yes.
- Belfast hotelsNamed with their permission
- Glasgow venueNamed with their permission
- Delis and fishmongersNamed with their permission
Delivery and collection
Sent chilled, or collected from the harbour
Chilled delivery
We send orders chilled by courier across the UK and the Republic of Ireland, so the taste of home can reach you in Dublin, London or wherever you have settled.
- Delivery costsTo be confirmed
- Areas we cannot reachTo be confirmed
Collect from the smokehouse
Order online and choose collection from Harbour Road. No delivery to pay, which is handy for local customers, especially at Christmas.
- Collection timesTo be confirmed
- WhereHarbour Road, Ardglass, BT30 7SA
For trade
Hotels, fishmongers, delis and restaurants: ring Declan
Declan has answered our main line for forty years. Ring him to order or to ask about supply. Same number, same voice.
Declan, trade orders
028 4484 1223
- Email ordersOrders address to be supplied
- Trade loginPrivate area for approved regular customers
- SupplyingBelfast, Glasgow and beyond
SALSA certified · Member of Food NI