Urban Picnic Market at Corkagh Park, Clondalkin

What to Expect

The Urban Picnic Market runs every Sunday at Corkagh Park in Clondalkin, close to the playground and reachable from the St John’s entrance car park. It brings together street food traders, craft stallholders and artisan producers, with a particular focus on emerging food businesses supported by the Local Enterprise Office South Dublin, so there is a reasonable chance of finding newer, smaller producers rather than the same fixture stalls seen at every Dublin market. Family entertainment is planned to build up as the weeks progress, adding an extra draw beyond the food and craft stalls themselves.

Corkagh Park itself is one of South Dublin’s larger green spaces, with woodland, a lake and open parkland stretching from the Naas Road towards Clondalkin, so a Sunday trip to the market doubles easily as a wider day out. Families can combine a browse of the stalls with a walk, a run around the playground, or simply spreading out a blanket on the grass, which is part of the appeal of an “urban picnic” format over an indoor or town-centre market.

Because the market runs weekly rather than as a one-off, it functions as an ongoing Sunday fixture for the area through the season rather than a single date to mark in the diary. Entry is free, and with street food and crafts rather than a formal ticketed event, it suits a casual drop-in visit as much as a planned outing.

Good to Know

• Runs every Sunday, 11:00am to 5:00pm
• Free entry; no booking required
• Street food, crafts and artisan produce, with an emphasis on emerging South Dublin food producers
• Family entertainment builds up through the market’s run
• Located near the playground, accessible from the St John’s entrance car park

Getting There

Corkagh Park’s St John’s entrance is off the Naas Road side of the park in Clondalkin, with car parking on site. The park is also reachable by bus routes serving Clondalkin and Rathcoole, and by the Luas Red Line to Cookstown or Fonthill with a short onward walk.