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Beef

The finest hand selected local beef matured to perfection. Try our unique Himalayan Salt Chamber Dry Aged Beef that concentrates and seals in flavour in a way you won't have experienced before and our delicious Glenarm Shorthorn Beef.

Lamb

Our lamb has roamed and grazed freely on lush pastures of Northern Ireland and when in season we offer exquisite Glenarm Estate Lamb that gives a delicate flavour and tenderness beyond compare.

Pork & Bacon

Try our award-winning Moyallon bacon and sausage products, made exclusively with quality Northern Irish pork. Our bacon is cured using a time-honoured and flavour-enhancing natural process.

Poultry

We have a full offering of poultry that includes Armagh’s Rockvale Poultry. Rockvale birds are slow-raised to ensure they are extra-succulent when they reach your plate.

Burgers

Our award-winning burgers deserve the care and attention you’d lavish on a good steak, because they are made from the same high quality meat.

Sausages

All our sausages are mixed in-house, giving us full control over the quality of the sausage-meat, seasoning and finished product.

Click here to read our Cooking Guides

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RECENT AWARDS

2026 - Golden Fork

Buttermilk Dry Cure Bacon Rack

2026

3 Stars

Buttermilk Bone in Pork Chop
Buttermilk Boneless Pork loin Joint
Buttermilk Dry Cure Bacon Rack
Sugar Pit Buttermilk Bacon Rack
Sugar Pit Buttermilk Bacon Chop
Salt Aged Buttermilk Bone in Ring on Pork Belly

2 Stars

Sugar Pit Buttermilk Bacon Loin
Traditional Pork & Herb Stuffing (GF)

1 Star

Buttermilk Bone in Pork Rack French Trimmed
Buttermilk Dry Cured Back Bacon
Buttermilk Dry Cured Streaky Bacon
Pork, Chilli and Honey Sausage (GF)
Beef, Tomato and Onion Sausage (GF)
Gluten Free Pork & Cranberry Stuffing

2024

3 Stars

Himalayan Salt Aged Pork Rack
Porchetta 

2 Stars

Beef Short Ribs with Sriracha

1 Star

Pastrami Bacon Loin
Pastrami Bacon Ribs
Sugar Pit Bacon Rack
Sugar Pit Bacon Chop
Pichana Steak
Himalayan Salt Aged Fillet Steak
Bone Marrow with Miso

Gold Award for

Ribeye

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QUALITY WITHOUT COMPROMISE

WHAT DO OTHERS THINK?

“28 Day Salt Aged beef from Hannans. You can’t get better.”
Glynn Christian
“Sirloin that’s out of this world”
Val Warner
“The beefiest beef you’ll ever have”
Xanthe Clay
“Glenarm Shorthorn fillet. Make a note of those three words. They’ll change your life.”
David J Constable
“Himalayan salt Aged Beef... Magnificent beef from Northern Ireland matured to perfection”
Charles Campion
“Peter Hannans meat is the finest in the world”
Marco Pierre White
“In my opinion Hannans beef is the best in the world”
Charles Campion
“This is the best beef I have ever eaten”
Nigella Lawson

AWARD WINNING BUTCHERS

'MEAT' PETER

Peter Hannan

Founder & MD of Hannan Meats

Born in Co. Kildare Ireland (quite some time ago) Peter started in the meat trade in 1979.
Spending some years running abattoirs and processing facilities in the US and UK, he returned to Northern Ireland in 1989 and started his own business supplying foodservice. 

Hannan Meats supply in excess of 400 restaurants throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe, including many household names.

Peter is also involved in other food related businesses, and plays an active role in helping small Artisan producers get their products to market.

Placing a great emphasis on traditional yet innovative values the company has earned a wide ranging reputation for its traditionally cured bacon products and Himalayan Salt Aged Beef.

Hannan Meats is a stakeholder in the Glenarm Shorthorn Beef Producer Group, exclusively retailed here and at Fortnum and Mason, London.

In 2009 he opened The Meat Merchant shop supplying the same restaurant quality meat at wholesale prices to the public.