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food-drink · Saturday 4 July 2026 · Various 
Bettystown House Summer Long Table Dinner - American Irish Menu
At Bettystown House · Bettystown, Co. Meath
At Bettystown House · Bettystown, Co. Meath
A four-course dinner for 60 guests at a 17th-century Meath estate, cooked over an open fire and served sharing-style along a communal table - this is a proper evening out rather than a restaurant meal. Bettystown House opens its grounds on 4 July 2026 for the first of two long-table dinners this summer, and the July sitting is built around an American-Irish menu developed with Drogheda chef Reuven Diaz. Diaz is co-founder of Eastern Seaboard in Drogheda and Brown Hound Bakery, and he brings a kitchen background spanning Japan and the Philippines to what is otherwise a very local plate. If you want a summer evening that combines good food, interesting company and a genuinely unusual setting, this fits the bill.
The meal is four courses, cooked over fire on the estate grounds and served family-style to 60 guests at a single long communal table. Fire cooking shapes the whole approach - the slower pace and the smoke suit food that is ingredient-led rather than fussy. The July menu leans on Boyne Valley producers: Boyne Valley Cheese, The Smokin’ Butcher, Dunany Flour and Fairy Tree Wines all contribute to the table. A welcome cocktail is included in the ticket price. Numbers are deliberately limited, so the atmosphere is closer to a dinner party than an event. Bettystown House itself is a 17th-century manor on 13 acres - bought in 2022 by the Ryan family, who also run TRIBE Restaurant in Duleek, and restored carefully before being opened to guests for the first time. The grounds include mature woodland, a pond and paddock, which gives the outdoor setting a quiet, settled feel rather than a marquee-and-trestle atmosphere.
Bettystown is on the coast of north County Meath, roughly 50 km north of Dublin. From Dublin, take the M1 motorway north and exit for Drogheda South or Julianstown, then follow signs for Bettystown. The village is also reachable by Bus Eireann services from Drogheda, which is well connected by rail on the Dublin-Belfast line - from Drogheda station, a taxi or local bus covers the remaining stretch to Bettystown. Contact the venue when booking for precise directions to the house, which sits back from the main road. Parking on-site at the estate is the practical option if you are driving.
Bettystown is best known for its long Blue Flag beach, which stretches north from the village towards Laytown and makes for a good walk before or after dinner. The coast here is flat and open, very different from the rocky shores further south. There is more to see in Bettystown and across Co. Meath.
Heading to Bettystown House in Bettystown? Meath has plenty more to see. Read the Bettystown area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.