Travel on your tum and savour a tasty experience in a spectacular part of Ireland this spring. Our fabulous food island holds the recipe for fun and unforgettable culinary breaks, whether you are a serious gourmand, a lover of craft beer or an amateur chef keen to pick up hot cooking tips.

Here are some delicious Irish food and beverage adventures - but find lots more on the menu at www.discoverireland.ie or find Discover Ireland on Facebook #thisisLIVING.

Fill up on a fab food trail
Taste unexpected culinary treasures on a leisurely walk peppered with fascinating historical snippets on a Fab Food Trail in Dublin, Cork or Kilkenny. What makes this experience fun is a shared interest in good food and a curiosity about a city and its people. Along the way meet local artisan food producers and stumble upon off-the-beaten-track food stops serving mouth-watering grub.

Hop to it on a frothing brewery tour
Hop to it and experience one of the fastest growing consumer trends in Ireland - craft beer. Brewery Hops run a one, three or five-day tour of breweries all around Ireland with pit stops including O'Haras in Bagnalstown, Co. Carlow, the Metalman Brewing Company in Waterford and White Gypsy in Templemore, Co. Tipperary.

Get fishy on a tasty trip to the Burren
Enjoy a feast of flavoursome options amidst stunning limestone landscape in Co. Clare and fill up at the Roadside Tavern in Lisdoonvarna, a gastropub and microbrewer producing delicious Burren Red Ale, Burren Gold and Burren Stout. Follow up with a visit to the award-winning Burren Smokehouse and learn the secrets of hot and cold smoking wild Irish salmon.

Get into the spirit of a whiskey tour
Travel in spirited style and take in the award winning Ireland Whiskey Trail, a free touring guide to Ireland's distilleries, whiskey pubs, and specialised whiskey shops. It includes some of Ireland's most celebrated distilleries including the Kilbeggan Whiskey Experience in Co. Westmeath, the Old Jameson Distillery in Dublin and the Tullamore D.E.W Visitor Centre in Offaly.

Meet the makers in Kilkenny
Savour the flavours on a Taste of Kilkenny Food Trail, taking in artisanal producers Highbank Organic Orchards, Goatsbridge Trout Farm and Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese and many many more. You'll find a range of fresh juice makers and bread bakers, speciality stores selling home-made ice creams as well as a host of luscious eats and treats in cafes and restaurants all mapped out around the Marble County. While you're there check out the new Smithwick's Experience in Kilkenny City, bringing you back to when monks started brewing this famous ale back in the 12th century. You can judge all those years of craftsmanship for yourself in the tasting room.

Glorious seafood treats await in Howth
The Dublin Bay Prawn Festival has grown into one of the largest festivals in Ireland, popular with foodies and families alike. All the local restaurants, bars and cafés join together to host a variety of amazing food experiences over the weekend from Friday 24th April to Sunday 26th April including the main attraction, a “Food Village” serving the freshest, most delicious seafood, cooked every way imaginable in a marquee on the Harbour on Saturday and Sunday afternoon.

Get down on the farm
Get your fill on a visit to a farm shop stuffed with delicious, home grown produce and hand-made food. Kate's Farm Shop just outside Wexford town is packed with wholesome locally grown and made goodies. While Rigney's Farm Shop in Kilcornan, Co. Limerick sells delicious old fashioned handmade sausages and dry cured rashers and hams. Yum yum.

Enjoy a capital cooking break!
Go back to class and savour a tasty break learning to hone up your skills in cooking school. Discover a recipe for the perfect visit to the capital by signing up for one of the fab cooking courses at the Cooks Academy bang in the heart of Dublin. Expert tutors will put your through your culinary paces and will unlock the secrets of slow cooking, perfect bread baking, delicious chocolate desserts creation and pasta making.

Taste the best of Tipp
Cook up a storm at Cloughjordan House Cookery School located in a spectacular peaceful setting beside Ireland's first eco-village in Co. Tipperary. Here students learn to grow their own vegetables, gain an understanding of a working farm, learn new skills and discover new flavours. There are a wide range of courses using ingredients sourced from local producers or from its own Victorian walled garden. Really spoil yourselves and check into its top class accommodation.

Spin for your supper in Mayo
Combine great food with lots of reviving fresh air on the Great Western Greenway along the Wild Atlantic Way. This breath-taking walking and cycling route stretches between Westport and Achill Island taking in picturesque Newport, Mulranny and magnificent views of Clew Bay. Along the way drop into artisan food producers on the Gourmet Greenway. Clean, green and tasty – the perfect recipe for delicious break.

Cook up a culinary escape to an island
Take a break from the hustle and bustle of life on an escape to probably the smallest cookery school in the world, the Island Cottage Cookery School on Heir Island in Skibbereen, West Cork. Specializing in two-day cookery courses for two people, with an overnight stay, why not hone up your culinary skills with a back drop of panoramic scenery and healing walks on stunning beaches. The only criteria necessary for attending is enthusiasm for cooking!

So go on, feed your senses, and your tum, with a great foodie break around Ireland this year. Check out www.discoverireland.ie or find Discover Ireland on Facebook #thisisLIVING