An Fulacht Fia takes its name from the ancient cooking site situated on the hill behind it. This new, purpose built restaurant provides you with the ideal opportunity to sample the finest foods on offer from the region while enjoying spectacular views of Galway Bay, Ballyvaughan sands and the Martello Tower.

A history of An Fulacht Fia:

A Fulacht Fia was the ancient field kitchen of the Fianna, the legendary soldiers of the High Kings of Ireland. The Irish word “fulacht” denotes a pit used for cooking.“Fiadh” meaning “of the deer” or “of the wild”, is derived from the early word “fian” - “of the Fianna or Fionn Mac Cumhail” Hunting parties used them from the early Bronze Age to the Elizabethan period. A rectangular hole was dug in low-lying land where it would quickly fill with water. This was clad on the four sides with wooden sections. Stones heated on the fire were then used to boil the water in the wooden trough. The joint of venison, or other meat, was wrapped in straw and put into the boiling water until cooked. The troughs may also have served as bathing pits, more recently archeologists have claimed that these were used to ferment wild yeast with flowers and herbs to create bronze age beer. A number of the pits survive today as low horseshoe-shaped mounds of charcoal enriched soil and heat-shattered stone with a slight depression at its center showing the position of the pit.The restaurant derives its name from a Fulacht Fia located on the hills behind us.