See my report of yesterday:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/848231

Hi, I'm the original poster, just back from Ireland. We ate well in Dublin at Ely WIne Bar. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Also had a fantastic lunch at the Granary Cafe - just a few tables, but the best sandwiches we had of our entire trip.
Before going I downloaded an iphone app of the Bridgestone Guide's 100 Best Restaurants in Ireland. I found this to be absolutely reliable. Everywhere we went, we had a superb meal from this book. Highlights:

GALWAY
Oscar's - very memorable meal. Really fresh and inventive fish. Incredibly nice staff.
Ard Bia at Nimmo's - also delicious, in a very funky informal setting. Loved it.
Cava - this was wonderful spanich tapas - a nice change from all the Irish seafood we'd been having.

ADARE
We ate at the Wild Geese. It was a lovely seting in a small cottage and the food was good, but I was not that impressed and found the food a bit overly rich. Might just have been cranky because we didn't like Adare.

DINGLE
Out of the Blue - an absolute must. Book ahead, it's very small. We saw them turn many away. Just fish, entire menu on blackboard.
Global Table - half empty but we thought the food was terrific here too. We were in the mood for meat after many days of fish and it was excellent.

KINSALE
Fishy Fishy - no complaints about the food, but it seemed to be a real 'operation' and the service was forgetful and messy. It lacked the charm of many of the other places above.

We found the food in Ireland to be absolutely wonderful, our best culinary trip since Spain. Even the most humble spots had a great soup and bhome made brown bread that was delicious.

Highly recommended for foodies.

Thanks !

I will be in Dublin later this month for two nights only, a Sunday and Monday night. Most of the highly recommended restaurants I've looked up are closed on those evenings. Does anyone have any good tips for eating well on those nights? We are staying in the Ballsbridge area, so would be particularly interested in things around there.

I agree re. Cetli but beware - she has no liquor license!

Yes, many thanks. Do you recall the name of the Euskara phrasebook, I am not seeing anything quite like that on Amazon?

I am travelling to the Basque region as well as Barcelona in June. I speak no Spanish, but even if I did, I doubt it would help me in these places. I'm really looking forward to the great food but am worried that deciphering menus will be difficult. I've seen a number of posts here about online food translation sites, but unless I'm mistaken, those would require you to be on line (with Wi-Fi) while you are sitting in a restaurant. I am wondering if there is an actual book available, or a list which could be downloaded and printed, with the most common foods/dishes translated (in Catalan and Euskara!).

Can anyone help?