Donard Country Market

What to Expect

Donard Country Market sets up at Donard Community Hall on the third Saturday of the month, in the small West Wicklow village of Donard near Dunlavin. Stalls cover a mix of garden plants, handmade crafts, greeting cards and home baking, including sourdough bread, giving it the feel of a traditional countryside market rather than a large craft fair. The hall’s Meeting House Cafe runs alongside the market for tea, coffee and something to eat while browsing the stalls.

Donard is a small, tight-knit village, and the market functions as much as a social occasion for the area as a shopping trip, with regulars from Donard, Dunlavin and the surrounding townlands making up most of the crowd.

The community hall setting keeps things simple and unhurried compared with the larger seasonal markets elsewhere in the county, and the fixed third-Saturday date makes it one of the more predictable monthly markets in West Wicklow. Anyone travelling out from Dunlavin, Blessington or Hollywood for the day can expect a small but genuine mix of plants, crafts and baking rather than a large commercial operation.

Good to Know

• Runs monthly on the third Saturday; the Meeting House Cafe at the venue operates 11am to 2:30pm on market day.
• Venue: Donard Community Hall, Donard, Co. Wicklow, W91 YW57.
• Free entry to browse.
• Traders interested in a stall can contact James on 087 340 7294.
• Follow Donard Hall on Facebook and Instagram (@donard_hall) for any date changes.

Getting There

Donard is a small village off the R756 between Dunlavin and Hollywood in West Wicklow, roughly an hour’s drive from Dublin city centre. The community hall is in the centre of the village, with parking available on site and along the main street, in the hill-farming country below the Wicklow Mountains.