Breakfast
From the Forge Full Irish to smashed avocado and fluffy pancakes, with your morning coffee.
Kilbride Cross · Co. Carlow
Fresh bakes & good food
From your morning coffee to a cosy Sunday lunch, The Forge has your cravings covered.
› now open 6 days a week for breakfast ‹
❄Winter❄
Opening hours
We are now open 6 days a week
for breakfast
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Breakfast 9am to 12pm
- Wednesday
- Breakfast 9am to 12pm
- Thursday
- Breakfast 9am to 11.30amLunch 12.30pm to 3.00pm
- Friday
- Breakfast 9am to 11.30amLunch 12.30pm to 3.00pm
- Saturday
- Breakfast 9am to 11.30amLunch 12.30pm to 4.00pm
- Sunday
- Breakfast 9am to 11.30amLunch 12.30pm to 4.00pm
Find us at Boggan, Kilbride Cross, Co. Carlow R93 PC64 — just off the N80 between Ballon and Bunclody, about 5 minutes' drive from Altamont Gardens. The perfect stop for breakfast or lunch after a walk in the gardens.
› We look forward to seeing you! ‹
What's on
Lunch
Seasonal plates, sandwiches and salads — the menu changes every week.
Sunday Lunch
A proper cosy roast with all the trimmings. The menu changes every week.
Inside the Forge
300 years of history
A steward's house, a forge, a post office — and now, ours.
Restored with its original flagstone floors and sash windows, and reopened in 2025 by Phil and Kay.
