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Pádraic Óg Gallagher was born in 1961 and raised in Mohill, County Leitrim, Ireland, where his family ran a public house for many years.
In the early 1980s, while working in Venezuela Padraic Og vowed that when he returned to Ireland he would set up his own restaurant and share his favourite food with the people of Dublin and its visitors. True to his word, Gallagher's Boxty House was incorporated in 1988, and opened its doors at Number 20, Temple Bar in February 1989.
Pádraic Óg decided to also develop his skills so he returned to college as a mature student. He achieved a 2:1 in a BA (hons) in Culinary Arts from D.I.T. Dublin and is currently studying for a MSc in Food Development and Product Innovation.
He has published papers on the history of the potato in Irish cuisine and culture, and is currently writing a paper on corned beef. He is also co-hosting with Dr Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire the Banquet at the 2010 Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery.