Market directory

Here’s all the details of your local West Cork Markets.
If we’ve got anything wrong - or we’ve missed out your favourite market - please contact us and we’ll put it right!

Bord Bia operate a ‘Good Practice’ scheme for Farmers’ Markets - at present Schull Country Market, Clonakilty Market and Kinsale Market are the only West Cork Markets approved under this scheme.
For more information see the Bord Bia website.

Macroom Farmers Market
~ Tuesday

Every Tuesday 9am - 2pm
The Square, Macroom

Olives, cheese 3 veg/fruit stalls (1 conventional, 1 organic 1 chemical free), 3 plant stalls, 1 flower stall (seasonal), a honey stall, a coffee stand and 2 cake stalls. Then there is a stall selling footwear, another with clothes and a carpet stall. A recent addition was a stall with Indian food called Green Saffron.

email: ~ 026 41545 ~ Macroom Town Council,

Kinsale Farmers Market
~ Wednesday

Every Wednesday from 2nd March 2011, from 9-2.30
in and around the Temperance Hall on Short Quay, Kinsale.

Organic veg, coffee, chocolate, Irish cheeses, pizza, BBQ, confectionery, crepes, sprouts, fish, pulses, Indian spices,vegetarian, breads, plants, pestos, salsas, soft fruit in season.

email: ~ 021 477 1021 ~ Miles Cattell,

Clonakilty Farmers Market
~ Thursday

Every Thursday 10am - 2pm
Back of O'Donovans Hotel (The Venue)

Fruit & veg, baking (including gluten-free), bread, pet food, local crafts, and plants

email ~ 086 8408944 ~ Margaret McGuire

Dunmanway Farmers Market
~ Thursday

Every Thursday 10am - 2pm
Dunmanway Market Square

Local produce includes fresh fish, organic meats, honey, eggs, garlic, vegetables, bread and baked goods. Plants ( tomato, courgette etc.) available in season.

email ~ 023 8847302 ~ Marye Miret

Castletownbere Farmers Market
~ Thursdays monthly

If you have more information on this market - please contact us

Clonakilty Market
~ Friday

Approved by Bord Bia

Every Friday 9am - 2pm
Recorder’s Alley (by O’Donovans Hotel), Pearse St, Clonakilty

Organic fruit & veg., food, baking, cheese, fish, olives, fresh stonebaked pizza, local crafts

A relative newcomer to the West Cork market scene, Clonakilty’s Friday Market goes from strength to strength
- with a great selection of local food and crafts, right in the centre of Clonakilty.

web ~ email ~ 087 6775600 ~ Gerald Kelleher

Bantry Market
~ Friday

Every Friday 9:30am - 1pm
in the Square, Bantry

Organic fruit & veg, food, baking, cheese, fish, meats, olives, eggs, honey, preserves, plants, local crafts, pet supplies, bric-a-brac & collectibles

One of the larger West Cork markets, Bantry Market occupies the central town square and spills out into the adjoining roads and car parks. The regular Friday market gets even bigger on the first Friday of each month (the traditional Fair Day) when it’s not unusual to see donkeys tethered to lampposts and cages full of ducks and hens for sale.

Contact - at the moment we don’t have a contact name / number for Bantry Market - if you want to trade there then your best option is to turn up and speak to the regulars.

Skibbereen Farmers Market
~ Saturday

Every Saturday 9:30am - 2pm
in the Fairfield, off Bridge Street, Skibbereen

Organic fruit & veg., food, baking, cheese, fish, meats, olives, eggs, honey, preserves, plants, local art & crafts, pet & poultry supplies, fresh stonebaked pizza, bric-a-brac & collectibles.

A very busy local market - offering great value and a chance to catch up on the local gossip - with an amazingly wide selection of stalls - just off the main street in Skibbereen.

web ~ email - see website.

Bandon Farmers’ Market
~ Saturday

Every Saturday 9:30am - 1:30pm
Old Market Garden (Between St Peter’s Church and the new Post Office, Bandon

Organic fruit & veg, food, baking, cheese, fish, meats, olives, eggs, honey, preserves, plants

Bandon Farmers' Market was set up in 2006 by a voluntary committee, who shared a love of good food, to supply a wealth of local and artisan produce to the residents of Bandon and the surrounding area. Early every Saturday morning the car park of the Old Market Garden buzzes with the activity of stalls setting up and the first customers arriving.

web ~ email ~ 086 0676249 ~ Dianne Curtin

Enniskeane Farmers Market
~ Every second Saturday

Every second Saturday (Easter to Autumn)
- from 10am at Bandon Co-op. Enniskeane

New market starting in August 2011 - features local suppliers including home baking, fish, organic meat, coffee, fruit & vegetables, cheese, Asian food, jams & chutneys, local crafts and more.

Contact: Ed Forde 028 8847866, enniskeane@bandoncoop.ie
email
All welcome!

Baltimore Market
~ Sunday

Every Sunday (Easter to September) 11:30am - 3:30pm
(except May 30th when the food fare takes place on the Pier as part of Baltimore Seafood Festival)
Casey’s Hotel, Baltimore

Local produce and crafts

Running since 2010, Baltimore Market offers only the best of local produce and crafts

web ~ email ~ 028 20197 ~ Ann Casey

Hosford’s Market
~ Sundays (monthly)

Sundays - monthly (April - Christmas) 11am - 5pm
Hosfords, Cappa, Enniskeane (Bandon-Clonakilty road)

Local food, baking, crafts, pet supplies, full garden centre, onsite restaurant

The emphasis is on locally-produced food & goods at this monthly market - which is held indoors in the event of inclement weather. Have lunch in John Hosford’s award-winning Blue Geranium cafe - and make a day of it!

web ~ email ~ 023 8839159 ~ John Hosford

Schull Country Market
~ Sundays (in season)

Approved by Bord Bia

Every Sunday (Easter to end September, also Christmas) 9:30am - 2pm
Pier Road Car Park, Schull

Organic fruit & veg., food, baking, eggs, honey, preserves, cheese, olives, plants, local crafts

The beautiful seaside village of Schull provides a stunning backdrop to this great market - where everything on sale has been made or sourced locally. Pick up the makings of a picnic - then sit and enjoy it while watching the sea!
West Cork heaven <g>

web ~ email see website