Food for thought: The impact of Myrtle Allen's legacy

The impact of Myrtle Allen’s legacy is a story yet to be told, writes Ciara McDonnell

Founder of the Ballymaloe dynasty, Myrtle Allen died in June 2018, aged 94. She left behind a legacy that forever changed the fabric of Irish food. Renowned as The Mother Of Irish Cooking, she established herself as a culinary pioneer in the 1960s, when she opened the Yeats Room restaurant at Ballymaloe House in 1964.