Welcome to Timmy Macs Bistro

 Timmy Macs Bistro is widely considered to be one of the best restaurants in Adare, offering a wide range of dishes prepared using locally produced seasonal ingredients, many of which are from our own organic farm and Mary’s Organic Garden.

Our food ethos is influenced by our love for the land and the Fitzgerald family farming heritage. We have a simple philosophy of working with local seasonal ingredients, respecting the natural flavours in every dish our talented team of chefs create. Our ingredients are sourced from our own certified organic farm and Mary’s Organic Garden which forms part of the Woodlands Walking Trail. We also source from a small number of trusted local producers who invest the same care and attention into their production techniques as we do. We take the time to get to know them and personally visit their premises.

Our commitment to local ingredients has earned our popular Timmy Macs Bistro Guaranteed Irish status and showcases our own-grown ingredients
and those of trusted local suppliers. The resort is accredited by Good Food Ireland and is included in the Best Places to Stay and Best Places to Eat sections of Ireland’s leading independent food and hospitality guide, Georgina Campbell’s Ireland.

 

We are open 7 days a week from 12:30pm – 8:30pm. To reserve a table call us on Tel: 061 605100 or Email: timmys@woodlands-hotel.ie  

As the doors of Timmy Mac’s Bistro open to welcome you, we would like you to know the story of the wonderful couple to whom it is dedicated.

When a young Dick Fitzgerald moved to Knockanes, Adare in 1967 he was befriended by Timmy McNamara, a man who made a profound impression on him, and his future wife Mary. Here is their story…

Timmy McNamara was born in Knockanes, Adare in 1900. As was traditional at the time, he left school at the age of 12 to work on the mixed farm at home. Timmy’s father and Timmy himself were instrumental in forming the Black Abbey Co-operative in Adare, which still exists today.

Timmy worked for the Dunraven family in the 1930’s, when they were building a new road to join their homes, in Kilgobbin and Kilcurley. It was while Timmy was building this road that he met his future wife, the elegant Kitty Foyle. Kitty was employed as lady-in-waiting to the Dunraven family who had just returned from the United Kingdom.

It was while she was out for a walk with her ladyship that their paths crossed. They married in Kitty’s home of Abbeyleix in June 1938. Timmy was very proud that his wife was well travelled and was often heard to comment on her spatter of French. When all the farm work was done, Timmy enjoyed his other great loves in life – music, poetry, storytelling and he was a regular at the Rambling House Nights in the Madigan household.

A non drinker, he would only take a tipple for medicinal purposes, a little drop of brandy in times of crisis. He smoked the pipe and had the pleasure of enjoying tobaccos from around the world given to him by the Dunraven family.

Kitty and Timmy were always a very regal couple and even in their later years would be seen walking hand-in-hand to the church on Sundays. Kitty, as elegant as always, bedecked in her fur coat. Timmy passed away on 14th January 1981 and was followed home only three weeks later by his beloved Kitty.

We would like to extend our warmest thanks to Timmy and Kitty’s remaining relatives, and all who have contributed to honouring the great Timmy and Kitty McNamara.