Quick Vegan Travel Guide Dublin Ireland

I've decided to start a travel series on finding vegan foods in different places I've traveled to.  My first place is going to be Dublin, Ireland.

People tend to stereotype Ireland as serving up meat and potato, but Dublin has much more to offer than this and a flair for international cuisine.

So is it hard to be vegan in Dublin.  Its not a utopia, but its not too bad particularly if you don't have a tight budget.

First: Dublin is full of numerous small grocery stores.  Almost all of these sell packaged nuts, fresh fruits/vegetables and other items that are vegan.  Some also sell hummus.  Also, since Ireland is an English speaking country its easy to check packages to see if the ingredients are vegan or not.

Second: Dublin is home to a few vegan restaurants including Blazing Salads, Home, and Seomra Spraoi.  Unfortunately though the last two have somewhat limited hours.

Third: Dublin has several vegetarian restaurants that offer vegan choices.  These include 2 locations of Godvina's which are both centrally located.  Cornucopia is also a vegetarian restaurant with vegan options and is also centrally located.  Cornucopia also offers sugar free and raw options.

Now for one bummer: Guinness is not vegan.  A fish product is used in making Guinness and small amounts of the fish product remain in it.  Update: Guinness is in the process of going vegan and plans to be vegan by the end of 2016!  Still see crossed out stuff for this year.

For more detailed information on this topic check out my Kaufman Green Guide Dublin. .