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Louis Mulcahy Pottery

At his studio/workshop in Ballyferriter on the Dingle Peninsula, Louis Mulcahy designs and makes the very best Irish craft Pottery in exquisite fine porcelain and robust stoneware. Louis Mulcahy has been potting for nearly forty years. The last of the big potteries making all their pottery exclusively in Ireland, his workshop and its sister companies in weaving and lampshade decoration have grown from his and his wife Lisbeth's original two-man operation to employ over twenty people.

Having won first prize for pottery in the National Crafts Competition in 1975, Louis decided to move his workshop from Dublin to Dingle. He and Lisbeth left interesting, secure employment; sold their house and invested their savings in the then very risky venture. Louis Mulcahy designs and makes each individual piece. For multiples, such as tableware and lamp bases, he designs and makes and tests the prototypes, before handing over to his assistants. Over the years the pottery continually refined its clay body for durability, and its shapes and glazes for beauty. This devotion to quality has gained worldwide recognition and the pottery has a special reputation for its large pots and rich, lively, lustrous glazes.

Louis Mulcahy - Workshop - Open to Visitors - After nearly thirty years of customer's requests to be allowed see the work in progress or to try their hand at throwing a pot, Louis Mulcahy agreed to dedicate an area at the pottery to those visitors who wish to experience the craft for themselves. In this room a professional thrower can be seen going through the daily routine of throwing pots. This person will deal with all the questions that may arise pertaining to the process and even allow visitors try their skill at making a shape.  In addition to the throwing experience there is also an audio visual demonstrating the casting and jiggering processes which are used at the workshop. The techniques of glazing and decoration are also revealed. This gives visitors an interesting break on their Slea Head tour. July & August - Open 7 days 11.00am-5.00pm | September Mon to Fri 11.00am-5.00pm

Café na Caolóige

At our Café we aim to serve the best of locally produced food, so why not savour a taste of West Kerry, on your stop at our workshop. Our menu includes Dingle Organic Smoked Salmon, Dingle Peninsula Cheese platters, Smoked mackerel pate with local brown bread or our own seaweed bread, homemade soup, Paninis and a selection of cakes and scones baked here in the café – all served on our handmade pottery

Café open every day 10am-5pm

Retail Shop

Here you can find our full range together with eccentricities, prototypes and other experimental pieces peculiar to the workshop. We mail to all countries and we can give estimates for the cost of transporting pots of any size to any place in the world.

Our staff can point you in the direction of accommodation or food or any other services you require in the vicinity. The pottery situated as it is under Clogher Head at the point where one turns back inland towards Dingle on the Slea Head route is the ideal resting place for visitors. It is the natural stopping place on the most westerly tip of Europe.

Shop open every day.

Jan – Easter 10am-5pm

Easter – June 10am-6pm

June & September 10am-7pm

July & August 10am-8pm

October – December 10am-5pm

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