NearyNógs, Northern Ireland's first craft chocolate maker, began in 2011 as a family venture to fund a charity trip for the Neary family's eldest daughter. What started with a traditional family fudge recipe soon evolved toward bean-to-bar chocolate. Set amongst the beautiful countryside of County Down, overlooking the Mourne coast, husband and wife team of Dorothy and Shane craft ethically sourced, single origin chocolates in a solar powered facility. People can visit and enjoy a hot chocolate, coffee or tea in their cafe. Even though the beans come from across the world, NearyNogs has frequently experimented with unique flavour combinations inspired by their roots in Northern Ireland like locally-sourced gorse flower, seaweed, and lavender. The name “NearyNógs” is inspired by the whimsical stories Shane’s father would tell him and his sister as children, Neary being the family name and Nógs stemming from the old Irish term Tír na nÓg, or “Land of the Young.”