ilterhational Recipes: Colcannon from Ireland In Ireland, people use lots of potatoes in their cooking. Some traditional Irish recipes are boxty(potato pancakes), champ(mashed potato with onions), shepherd's pie(ground beef with carrots and peas with mashed potato on top), and coddle(mashed potato with meat and onion) Here we have a recipe for colcannon. It has lots of potatoes, and it's delicious! People in lreland like to eat this dish in cold weather. gradients.