Irish Bread Recipe

Mary Naughton’s Irish Bread Recipe This is a recipe that Bill’s grandmother, Mary Ann Naughton brought from Ireland when she emigrated to Boston, from County Roscommon in Ireland, in the early twentieth century. She worked as a ladies maid until she met and married John Connery who was from Waterford, Ireland. The recipe was handed down …

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O’Connell’s Irish Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

Pat O’Connell’s Irish Oatmeal Cookies Because these cookies are in such high demand we serve them almost exclusively during the summer months. When we first took over the Palmer House Inn, many years ago, our goal was to please our guest’s every sense. Soft luxuriously scented sheets, elegant music, lovely furnishings, delicious breakfasts & afternoon …

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Irish Stew

Riley’s Irish Stew Recipe This recipe comes to our family from Mary Riley. She was my mother’s mother. When I was a child she and my grandfather lived in the house where my mother was raised in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was a home very much like the Palmer House, with its high ceilings and lovely stair …

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Irish Bread

Our recipe for March is Irish Bread. Its an old O’Connell family recipe that Bill’s grandmother brought over from Ireland at the turn of the century. We hope you enjoy this St. Patrick’s Day as much as we do. You can find this recipe and many more in the Inn’s recipe book. Order a copy …

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