An Arklow chef will showcase the story of Irish food as part of this year's virtual St Patrick's Day Festival. 'A History of Irish Food with Tadgh Byrne' is a series of short documentaries that looks at Ireland's culinary history and its food culture today. The show will premiere later this month as part of the St Patrick's Day celebrations and is made by the Reelists, a production company with links to Arklow. 'It started as a pub chat in the Arklow Bay Hotel,' Tadgh said, explaining how the series came about. 'The festival needed content. I called up friends, lecturers and people I wanted to meet. The series combines history with cool things happening around Ireland.'