Trade orders: ring Declan on 028 4484 1223

Chilled delivery across the UK and Ireland. Collection from Harbour Road.

Ardglass Fish SmokersHarbour Road · Since 1923
to come: the harbour wall and the original 1923 kiln

Harbour Road, Ardglass · Co. Down

Oak smoked behind the harbour wall since 1923.

A family smokehouse, four generations on. We slow cure our fish over days, not hours, and send it chilled to your door across the UK and Ireland.

Photograph to come: the harbour wall and the original 1923 kiln

1923

One kiln behind the harbour wall. It is still standing, and we still use the family recipe that started there.

4 generations

The same family, the same trade. Declan has answered the smokehouse phone for forty years.

Days, not hours

Oak smoke and a slow cure. It takes longer. We think you can taste the difference.

From the kilns

What most people come to us for

See everything in the shop
oak smoked salmon, sliced
Photograph: oak smoked salmon, sliced

Oak smoked salmon, sliced

The one we are known for. Scottish farmed salmon, cured to the family recipe and smoked slowly over oak here in Ardglass, then sliced and packed ready for the table.

Price to followBuy sliced salmon
a whole side of smoked salmon
Photograph: a whole side of smoked salmon

A whole side

For a big spread, a party or a family gathering. A full side of our oak smoked salmon, for you to slice as you like.

Price to followBuy a side
a gift box, packed
Photograph: a gift box, packed

Gift boxes

Smoked salmon, trout and mackerel together in one box. A proper present, and a taste of home for anyone from Ardglass living away.

Price to followSee gift boxes
Paddy at the kilns
Photograph: Paddy at the kilns

The head smoker

Forty years at the kilns

Paddy has been smoking fish in Ardglass for forty years. He works to the family recipe, over oak, and he does not hurry it.

“Paddy, in his own words, on the smoke and the cure. To be supplied.”

Paddy, head smoker

He knows where every fish comes from, and he will not use a supplier just because they are cheapest. Mackerel and eel are landed here off Ardglass. The trout comes from a farm inland, not far away. Our salmon is farmed, mostly in Scotland, and we would rather tell you that plainly.

Read the family story

Why you can trust it

Plain facts about the fish

SALSA certified

Our food safety certification, kept up to date. The same standard our trade customers rely on.

Food hygiene rating

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Member of Food NI

Part of Northern Ireland's food and drink community.

Where it comes from

Salmon
Farmed, mostly from Scotland
Mackerel and eel
Landed off Ardglass
Trout
A farm inland, not far away

Where you'll 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 hotel, with permission Belfast hotel, with permission Glasgow venue, with permission

Getting it to you

Sent chilled, or collect it yourself

Chilled delivery

We send orders by chilled courier across the UK and the Republic of Ireland, so they arrive cold and ready for the fridge.

  • Delivery costs: to be confirmed
  • Any areas we can't reach: to be confirmed

Collect from Harbour Road

Live nearby? Order online, choose collection, and pick it up from the smokehouse with no delivery charge. Handy at Christmas.

  • Harbour Road, Ardglass, Co. Down, BT30 7SA
  • Collection times: to be confirmed

For hotels, fishmongers, delis and restaurants

Trade orders, the way you know

Nothing changes for our trade customers. Ring Declan, the same as always. He has answered this line for forty years.

028 4484 1223

Supplying Belfast, Glasgow and beyond.

  • Phone Declan028 4484 1223
  • Email ordersorders inbox address to be supplied
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  • CredentialsSALSA · Food NI member