rish food isn’t all just corned beef and cabbage, washed down with a pint of Guinness. Sure, a good corned beef and a pint makes for excellent St. Patrick’s Day fare, but there’s so much more to Irish cuisine. The Emerald Isle has a history stretching back thousands of years, after all, and many of those years were filled with invasion, poverty and famine. This meant the beleaguered Irish people had to get resourceful with their ingredients, leading to a cuisine built on simple, rustic, pantry staples. Here are some famous Irish foods you need to try before you die.