Ireland Takeaway Price Index
A build-time snapshot of recorded prices across 1,243 stored venue records, not a complete survey of Irish takeaways. Prices may have changed.
Counts include community-reported and legacy amounts, not just independently verified prices. Missing item prices are excluded from averages.
Venue records
1243
Stored records, not a count of all Irish takeaways
Recorded item prices
1013
Positive amounts in the four tracked item fields, not verified observations
Records with a chip price
35%
432 of 1243 stored venue records
Figures are not filtered by verification status. An independently verified price needs matching item evidence and a checked date; approval, a listing badge or a source URL alone does not establish this. See venue pages for item-specific status and evidence where recorded. These are not counts of full menus or independently verified businesses.
District labels follow stored record groups and may not describe consistent geographic areas. District-average highlights require at least three recorded chip prices.
🔥 Lowest recorded chip prices
- €1.80
- €2.00
- €2.20
- €2.20
- €2.20
👑 Highest recorded chip prices
- €8.00
- €8.00
- €6.95
- €6.50
- €6.00
Recorded chip price distribution
Number of venue records with a chip price in each band, regardless of verification status. This is not a complete national price distribution.
📖 The History of the Irish Chipper
The story of the Irish chipper begins in the 1880s with an Italian immigrant named Giuseppe Cervi. After arriving in Dublin, Cervi bought a handcart and began selling roasted chestnuts outside pubs. He soon realized that deep-fried potatoes and battered fish were far more popular.
He eventually opened the first permanent fish and chip shop on Great Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street) in Dublin. Legend has it that the phrase "One of these, one of those" coined by his wife asking customers "Uno di questo, uno di quello?" cemented the menu format we still use today.
The average recorded chip price in this snapshot is €4.02. This snapshot does not measure historical inflation or establish the causes of price changes.
Recorded prices by stored district group
| Region / District | Records with chip prices | Avg Chips | Difference vs recorded average | Avg Snack Box |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalkey | 1 | €5.50 | ↑ €1.48 | — |
| Dún Laoghaire | 2 | €5.15 | ↑ €1.13 | — |
| Waterford | 1 | €5.00 | ↑ €0.98 | — |
| D3 | 1 | €5.00 | ↑ €0.98 | — |
| D8 | 3 | €4.93 | ↑ €0.91 | €8.75 |
| D2 | 1 | €4.90 | ↑ €0.88 | €9.70 |
| Blackrock | 1 | €4.60 | ↑ €0.58 | €8.90 |
| Stillorgan | 1 | €4.60 | ↑ €0.58 | €11.30 |
| D14 | 1 | €4.50 | ↑ €0.48 | €11.50 |
| Sallynoggin | 1 | €4.50 | ↑ €0.48 | €9.50 |
| D11 | 8 | €4.46 | ↑ €0.44 | €8.70 |
| D24 | 5 | €4.44 | ↑ €0.42 | €8.96 |
| D5 | 1 | €4.40 | ↑ €0.38 | €9.50 |
| D10 | 1 | €4.40 | ↑ €0.38 | €9.60 |
| Leixlip | 3 | €4.37 | ↑ €0.35 | €10.50 |
| D22 | 6 | €4.35 | ↑ €0.33 | €8.17 |
| Wexford | 3 | €4.32 | ↑ €0.30 | — |
| Mayo | 2 | €4.30 | ↑ €0.28 | — |
| Monkstown | 1 | €4.30 | ↑ €0.28 | €8.50 |
| Galway | 1 | €4.30 | ↑ €0.28 | €9.70 |
| D9 | 2 | €4.20 | ↑ €0.18 | €9.20 |
| Drogheda | 1 | €4.20 | ↑ €0.18 | — |
| Pending Sort | 59 | €4.12 | ↑ €0.10 | €8.55 |
| Dublin | 163 | €4.12 | ↑ €0.10 | €9.22 |
| D7 | 6 | €4.09 | ↑ €0.07 | €8.09 |
| D12 | 3 | €4.03 | ↑ €0.01 | €9.93 |
| D4 | 3 | €4.03 | ↑ €0.01 | €7.90 |
| Sligo | 4 | €4.00 | ↓ €0.02 | €10.00 |
| D13 | 1 | €4.00 | ↓ €0.02 | €10.00 |
| Carlow | 3 | €4.00 | ↓ €0.02 | €8.50 |
| Donegal | 37 | €3.96 | ↓ €0.06 | €8.64 |
| Cork | 2 | €3.90 | ↓ €0.12 | — |
| Balbriggan | 4 | €3.88 | ↓ €0.15 | €10.00 |
| Wicklow | 2 | €3.80 | ↓ €0.22 | €9.55 |
| Westmeath | 9 | €3.74 | ↓ €0.28 | €9.76 |
| Louth | 16 | €3.72 | ↓ €0.30 | €9.93 |
| Cavan | 18 | €3.71 | ↓ €0.31 | €8.63 |
| D1 | 4 | €3.67 | ↓ €0.35 | €8.00 |
| Meath | 25 | €3.59 | ↓ €0.43 | €8.34 |
| Laois | 6 | €3.51 | ↓ €0.51 | €8.45 |
| Longford | 2 | €3.50 | ↓ €0.52 | €7.50 |
| Limerick | 1 | €3.50 | ↓ €0.52 | — |
| Swords | 1 | €3.50 | ↓ €0.52 | €11.15 |
| Kildare | 9 | €3.47 | ↓ €0.55 | €7.77 |
| Offaly | 2 | €3.30 | ↓ €0.72 | €8.15 |
| Lucan | 1 | €3.20 | ↓ €0.82 | €9.80 |
| Leitrim | 2 | €3.00 | ↓ €1.02 | — |
| D0 | 1 | €2.80 | ↓ €1.22 | €8.00 |
| Kilkenny | 1 | €2.00 | ↓ €2.02 | €6.00 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average price of a bag of chips in Ireland?
The average recorded chip price in this snapshot is €4.02, based on 432 venue records with a chip price. Missing prices are excluded. This is not a representative survey of every Irish takeaway, and prices may have changed.
Why do recorded averages differ between districts?
The averages use the available price records in each stored district group. Sample sizes, source dates and item details can differ; this snapshot alone does not establish why a takeaway charges a particular price.
How often is the ChipperPrice index updated?
These figures are calculated when the site is built. Reports are reviewed before publication and appear after a new site build; they do not update these figures immediately. A page update date is not the date each item price was checked.
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