The Irish Stew

The Irish Stew

Posh Crisps: A Guide

Adding your own spin to Ireland's rich potato crisp culture.

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John and Sally McKenna
Dec 15, 2025
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When it comes to crisps, certain countries are world beaters and – believe it or not! – the Irish are amongst them. Not only are we amongst them, we gave the flavoured potato crisp to the world. Yeah. We did that.

At one time, potato crisps were sold in a greaseproof paper bag, with a twist of salt, until the inventor and founder of Tayto, Joseph “Spud”…

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