Most Irish people have never heard of Fraughan Sunday, despite it being one of the country’s oldest summer traditions. Celebrated on the last Sunday of July, Fraughan Sunday (pronounced frockin) saw families leave behind their daily work to go in search of wild fraughans, or wild blueberries, marking the beginning of the ancient harvest festival, Lúnasa. It was also a day for courting: a girl might bake a blueberry cake for the boy she liked best. This year, Glendalough Dist

From fragrant elderflower and sweet pineapple weed to tart wild raspberries, June is one of the most abundant months for foraging in Ireland. As botanicals across the Wicklow Mountains burst into bloom, Glendalough Distillery is sharing its top tips for discovering some of the season’s most distinctive wild flavours. These are not just ingredients found on a woodland walk. They are the very same botanicals currently being harvested and distilled for Glendalough Distillery’s

Glendalough Distillery has once again been named “Distillery of the Year” at the 2025 New York International Spirits Competition making...

Glendalough Irish Gin is progressively crafted with fresh, wild botanicals, hand-picked by the distillery’s full-time Forager Geraldine...