Irish Food in Australia: Where to Buy Tayto, Barry’s Tea, Rashers and Pudding (2026)

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Nothing tastes like home quite like a cup of Barry’s and a packet of Tayto. The good news is you don’t need to fill your suitcase with them. Most Irish staples are on Australian shelves now, and a couple of Irish butchers here make proper rashers, sausages and pudding from Australian pork.

This guide covers where to buy Irish food in Australia, what you can bring in your bag, how to get a parcel from home past biosecurity, and the foods we all miss. We checked every shop and rule in October 2026. New here? Start with our complete guide to moving to Australia from Ireland.

Where to buy Irish food in Australia

Supermarkets: Woolworths, Coles and Aldi

There’s more Irish food in the big supermarkets than you might think. Coles keeps most of it in its online International Foods, UK aisle, where Tayto, Barry’s, Club Orange and Odlums are all labelled “Product of Ireland”. Woolworths’ Tayto listing even calls the crisp sandwich “a quintessential Irish delicacy”. Fair play.

Here’s what each supermarket listed on its own website in late October 2026:

Product	Listed online (late October 2026)
Barry’s Gold Blend (80 bags)	Woolworths and Coles
Tayto cheese and onion	Woolworths and Coles
Club Orange	Woolworths and Coles
McDonnells spice bag mix and curry sauce	Woolworths and Coles
Odlums Farmhouse bread mix	Coles
Guinness Draught cans	Woolworths. Coles lists them but they were unavailable. Aldi from 4 November.
Magners cider	Woolworths. Coles lists it but it was unavailable.
Jameson	Woolworths and Coles
Kerrygold butter	None of the three

A box of Barry’s Gold Blend (80 bags) was $13 at both Woolworths and Coles at the time of writing. Aldi had Guinness Draught 6 packs on sale from Wednesday 4 November for $24.99, but no Tayto or Barry’s. (Fun fact: Ireland isn’t the country that drinks the most Guinness.) Kerrygold butter didn’t come up on any of the three sites. Stock varies by store, so check online for your local one before you go.

Used to order from Taste Ireland? The Sydney importer paused its online shop in 2025, but its wholesale side is “business as usual” and still supplies the supermarkets. For what a weekly shop costs overall, see our cost of living in Australia guide.

Online Irish shops that deliver in Australia

The Irish Shop, Newtown, Sydney. In business for over 40 years, selling Irish food, clothes and gifts with Australia-wide delivery. The food range includes Barry’s (four kinds), Lyons Original, several Tayto flavours, Meanies, McDonnells curry sauce and spice bag mix, Chef brown sauce, Ballymaloe relish and Mi Wadi. At the time of writing, Barry’s Gold Blend 80s were $12.95 and a 45g Tayto was $3.50. It doesn’t ship food outside Australia.

The Paddy Box, from Ireland. Gift boxes of Irish treats, packed in Ireland and sent with DHL, with Australia listed at 4 to 6 working days. The A Bit of Ireland Box (€66.95 at the time of writing) has Tayto, Barry’s Gold Blend, McDonnells spice bag and curry sauce mixes, Ballymaloe relish and Cadbury, or you can build your own box of 10 favourites. Australia is its biggest overseas market, with 7,827 orders in a year, according to ThinkBusiness in March 2026.

Irish sausages, rashers and pudding

Meat from Ireland can’t come into Australia without an import permit (more on that below), so the Irish sausages, rashers and pudding you’ll find here are made locally. These two butchers make their own and were trading in October 2026:

• The Irish Butcher, Sydney. The original started in Raheny, Dublin. The Sydney business delivers Australian meat, including Irish thin and thick pork sausages, black and white pudding, centre cut rashers ($15.50 for 400g at the time of writing), boiling bacon and spiced beef. It delivers across Sydney metro (minimum spend $50, free delivery over $150), to the NSW South Coast in the first week of each month and the North Coast in the second. Some of the range is in IGA stores too.
• McLoughlin Butchers, Malaga, Perth. A third-generation family butcher at 58 Westchester Road, trading six days a week. Its Irish pork sausages, black and white pudding, back bacon and gammon are made on site from free range pork, using recipes passed down from the family’s butchers in Dublin. There’s a stockist finder on its website too.

In Melbourne and Brisbane we couldn’t confirm a dedicated Irish butcher trading right now. Brisbane’s Irish butcher, Annerley Meats, closed in 2026, according to Must Do Brisbane. Ask in your local Irish Around group, where someone will have a tip.

Irish shops you can walk into

• Sydney: The Irish Shop, 432 King Street, Newtown. Open Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 5pm and Sunday 12pm to 5pm, closed Mondays. Older listings still give an address on Parramatta Road in Stanmore. More in our Irish in Sydney guide.
• Perth: Mons O’Shea, 6 South Terrace, Fremantle, is an Irish pub with a shop at the front. Soon after it opened in 2025, Perth Is OK spotted Taytos, McDonnells curry sauce, Ballymaloe relish, Flahavan’s oats and brown soda bread mix on the shelves. Ring ahead to check. See also moving to Perth from Ireland.
• Melbourne and Brisbane: no Irish grocery we could verify, but the pubs will feed you. Jimmy O’Neill’s in St Kilda and Auntie Annie’s in Kensington both do spice bags, and Auntie Annie’s has an Irish breakfast roll. In Brisbane, Gilhooley’s on Albert Street serves an Irish breakfast all day on Sundays. More in our Irish in Melbourne and Irish in Brisbane and the Gold Coast guides.

Bringing Irish food into Australia in your suitcase

Australia is strict about food at the border. The Australian Border Force says food needs to be declared on your Incoming Passenger Card. Tick yes, then either show it to a biosecurity officer or drop it in the bins at the airport. Declared goods that don’t pose a risk are handed back to you.

Here’s what the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s bringing or mailing goods page says about the usual suspects:

In your bag	The rule
Rashers, sausages, black and white pudding, ham	Not allowed. Uncanned meat, vacuum sealed or not, needs an import permit.
Kerrygold butter, Irish cheese	Allowed for personal use if commercially packaged, labelled with the country of origin and from a country free of foot and mouth disease (Ireland is on the list), up to 10kg. Must be declared and inspected.
Barry’s or Lyons tea	Plain black tea is allowed in clean, new, unopened packaging. Declare it.
Biscuits, cakes, Christmas cake and pudding	Allowed if fully cooked, shelf stable and meat free.
Chocolate	Commercially packaged chocolate is allowed, as long as it has no meat in it.
Club Orange, red lemonade	Commercially packaged soft drinks are allowed. Declare them.
Curry sauce, brown sauce	Commercially made, shelf stable sauces in sealed jars or bottles are allowed. Declare them.
Crisps	Not on the department’s list. Declare them with the rest.
Whiskey, Baileys	The duty free limit is 2.25 litres of alcohol. Go over it and you pay duty on all of it.

For anything else, search the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON). Meat rules can change quickly when there’s a disease outbreak, so check before every trip, even if you travel often.

What happens if you don’t declare

Officers use X-ray machines, detector dogs and questioning. If you give false or misleading information, the department says you may be “given an infringement notice of up to $7,280”, face civil penalty proceedings or be prosecuted. Your visa can also be cancelled, and if it is, you “may not be able to return to Australia for up to three years”. A pack of rashers isn’t worth that. If in doubt, declare it.

Getting food posted from home

The same biosecurity rules apply to the post, and the department says they cover “family and friends sending a gift to someone in Australia”. So no rashers in the Mammy’s parcel either.

• Describe everything. The postal declaration should list every item and what it’s made from. The department says descriptions such as “gift”, “present” or “goods” are not acceptable.
• Pack it right. Don’t reuse boxes that held fruit, vegetables, meat or smallgoods, and don’t pack with straw.
• Know the cost of getting it wrong. Goods that don’t meet the rules are destroyed or sent back. If an item needs treatment, it’s A$94 per item, at the importer’s expense, which means you.
• Check with An Post. An Post’s prohibited items list includes perishable items and anything banned by the destination country, and it suggests asking at the local post office about individual countries.

The department’s mail page has the detail. Honestly, it’s often easier to buy here. Shipping your stuff the other way some day? Our shipping guide compares the options.

The Irish foods we miss (and where to get them here)

Back in 2013 we made a list of the foods you miss from home. Not much has changed. Here’s the update, and how close you can get here.

1. The crisp sandwich. Butter, white bread and a packet of Tayto cheese and onion. Woolworths and Coles both sell the Tayto, so you’re laughing.
2. The breakfast roll. Build your own with Irish sausages, rashers and pudding from The Irish Butcher or McLoughlin’s, or order one at Auntie Annie’s in Melbourne.
3. The chicken fillet roll. The Paddy Box even sells an “I Miss You More Than a Chicken Fillet Roll” card. Here, you make your own.
4. The spice bag and the 3 in 1. McDonnells spice bag seasoning and curry sauce are both on the Woolworths and Coles websites. Or let the pub do it: Jimmy O’Neill’s calls its spice bag “Melbournes Original”, and Mons O’Shea in Fremantle serves them with curry sauce.
5. Chips, cheese and curry. Oven chips, cheese and McDonnells curry sauce. Not the chipper after a night out, but close.
6. Tayto. Cheese and onion is in Woolworths and Coles. The Irish Shop also has salt and vinegar, smoky bacon, prawn cocktail and Meanies.
7. Red lemonade. The one we couldn’t track down. It wasn’t on the Woolworths, Coles or Aldi websites or at The Irish Shop. Bringing a bottle back in your case? Declare it.
8. Club Orange. Easy. Woolworths and Coles both list the cans, and Coles has Club Rock Shandy too.
9. Barry’s Tea. In Woolworths and Coles. Lyons drinkers will find their 80 bags at The Irish Shop.
10. Kimberley biscuits. Not on any of the supermarket sites. The Paddy Box will put Jacob’s Elite Chocolate Kimberley in a build your own box.
11. Coddle. Explaining boiled sausages and rashers to Australians is still great craic. Sausages and rashers from an Irish butcher here do the job.
12. A pint of Bulmers. Outside Ireland the same cider goes by Magners, and Woolworths lists Magners Original Irish Cider. And here the sunny beer garden day isn’t rare at all.

Irish food at Christmas

Christmas here can be more prawns than turkey, but you can still do it properly. The Irish Butcher sells fresh turkeys, Irish boneless ham, Maura’s stuffing and spiced beef, and McLoughlin Butchers says its 2026 Christmas orders open soon, Irish raw gammon hams included. Getting a box from home? The Paddy Box’s last order date for Australia is Tuesday 15 December. For flights home, presents and the rest, read our Irish guide to Christmas in Australia.

Irish food in Australia: FAQ

Can I bring Irish sausages into Australia?

No. Rashers, sausages, pudding and ham are uncanned meat, which isn’t allowed in without an import permit, even vacuum sealed. Buy Irish-style ones from The Irish Butcher in Sydney or McLoughlin Butchers in Perth.

Can I bring Kerrygold butter or Irish cheese?

Yes, for personal use, if it’s commercially packaged, labelled with the country of origin and no more than 10kg. You must declare it and have it inspected.

Where can I buy Barry’s Tea in Australia?

Woolworths and Coles both list Barry’s Gold Blend 80s ($13 at the time of writing). The Irish Shop sells Gold Blend, Original, decaf and loose leaf online.

Can I buy Tayto in Australia?

Yes. Tayto cheese and onion is on the Woolworths and Coles websites, and The Irish Shop sells several more flavours plus Meanies.

Can my family post me Irish food?

Yes, as long as it meets the same rules as your suitcase: no meat, commercially packaged, and every item listed on the customs declaration. Anything that fails is destroyed or sent back.

Got a favourite shop, butcher or chipper we missed? Tell us in the Irish Around Oz Facebook groups. ☘️

Last checked October 2026.

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