Smoked salmon fillets with golden oak-smoked finish

Est. 1923 — Ardglass Harbour

Four generations. One harbour. The same slow smoke.

We’ve been smoking fish on Ardglass harbour since your great-grandparents’ time. Oak-smoked salmon, trout, mackerel and seasonal eel — done the way it’s always been done.

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Our Story

It started with one kiln behind the harbour wall

In 1923, my great-grandfather built a single kiln behind the harbour wall in Ardglass and started smoking the fish that came off the boats each morning. He didn’t have a business plan. He had fish, oak, and salt.

Four generations later, we’re still here. The harbour hasn’t changed much. Neither have we. The kilns are bigger now, but the process is the same — dry-cured by hand, smoked slowly over oak, never rushed.

“We don’t rush it, we don’t cut corners, and you can taste the difference. That’s it, really.”

My father ran this place for thirty years. I took over eighteen months ago. Some things I’m changing. The way we smoke the fish isn’t one of them.

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Traditional fishing harbour at dawn
1923
Founded
4
Generations
100+
Years on the Harbour

The Man Behind the Smoke

Meet Paddy

Paddy has been our head smoker for forty years. He started here as a teenager and he’s never left. He knows the kilns the way a sailor knows the tide — by feel, by instinct, by decades of doing the same thing until it’s second nature.

Every fillet that leaves Ardglass passes through Paddy’s hands. He checks the cure, watches the smoke, knows when it’s ready by colour and touch. No timers. No sensors. Just forty years of knowing.

“You can’t rush good smoke. The oak does the work. You just have to let it.”

When people ask what makes Ardglass different, the honest answer is Paddy. The fish is excellent. The harbour is beautiful. But the reason it tastes the way it does is the man standing at the kiln.

Artisan at work in a traditional smokehouse

Our Fish

Oak-smoked on the harbour, the way it’s always been done

Every piece is dry-cured by hand and smoked slowly over oak in our kilns overlooking Ardglass harbour. No shortcuts, no additives, no rush.

Oak-smoked salmon fillet

Smoked Salmon

Our flagship. Dry-cured and oak-smoked to a deep golden finish. The one that started it all in 1923.

🐟 Year-round
Smoked trout fillet

Smoked Trout

Delicate, sweet, and lighter than salmon. Beautiful on its own or flaked into salads and scrambled eggs.

🐟 Year-round
Smoked mackerel fillet

Smoked Mackerel

Rich, bold, and smoky. Straight from the Irish Sea to our kilns. Perfect with brown bread and a squeeze of lemon.

🐟 Year-round
Traditional smoked eel

Smoked Eel

A rare delicacy. Rich, buttery, and unlike anything else. Only available when the season allows — and it never lasts long.

⏳ Seasonal

Gift Boxes

Send something worth opening

A hundred years of craft, delivered chilled to their door. For birthdays, Christmas, or just because someone you love deserves proper smoked fish.

Smoked salmon gift box

The Classic

A side of our oak-smoked salmon, beautifully presented. The gift that says you know good food.

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Selection of smoked fish

The Taster

A selection of our smoked salmon, trout, and mackerel. For the person who wants to try everything.

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Premium food hamper

The Harbour Hamper

The full Ardglass experience. Salmon, trout, mackerel, and seasonal extras — the gift for someone who deserves the best.

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How It Works

From the harbour to your door

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Choose your fish

Pick from our range of smoked fish or select a gift box. Each one is smoked to order in our harbour kilns.

2

We smoke it fresh

Paddy and the team dry-cure and oak-smoke your order by hand. No freezing, no stockpiling — just fresh smoke.

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Packed with care

Carefully packed in insulated packaging to keep it perfectly chilled from our smokehouse to your kitchen.

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Delivered by DPD

Chilled delivery via DPD Local, anywhere in the UK and Ireland. Next-day and named-day options available.

🎄 Christmas Pre-Orders

Don’t miss out this Christmas

Every year we sell out and every year people are disappointed. This year, pre-order early and we’ll have your Ardglass fish ready for Christmas collection or delivery.

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Professional kitchen with fresh fish

Trade Customers

Supplying hotels, restaurants and fishmongers since 1923

We’ve been supplying the trade for four generations. Hotels in Belfast, restaurants in Glasgow, fishmongers and delicatessens across Northern Ireland and beyond.

If you’re a trade customer, you can log in to place orders and manage your account. If you’d like to stock Ardglass, we’d love to hear from you.

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Get in Touch

We’re always happy to talk fish

Whether you’ve got a question about an order, want to stock Ardglass, or just want to say hello — drop us a line.

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niamh@ardglass.com
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Ardglass Fish Smokers
The Harbour, Ardglass
Co. Down, Northern Ireland