Fairyhouse Sunday Market and Car Boot Sale

What to Expect

Fairyhouse Sunday Market bills itself as Ireland’s largest market, held every Sunday at the Fairyhouse Racecourse grounds in Ratoath, Co. Meath, best known otherwise for hosting the Irish Grand National. With over 200 stalls spread across two indoor market halls and a large outdoor car boot section, it offers everything from fresh food, clothing, and household goods to antiques, tools, and collectables. Car boot sellers can arrive from 6:30am to set up, and serious early-bird shoppers arrive well before 9am for the best finds, though the market stays busy right through the morning as the indoor halls and food stalls fill up. The scale of the site, a full racecourse, means there’s plenty of space to browse without the crush of a smaller town market, and the mix of trade stalls and one-off car boot sellers changes noticeably from week to week.

Good to Know

• Every Sunday, open from 6:30am to 5pm, running April to late December 2026

• Over 200 indoor and outdoor stalls, plus a large car boot section

• Car boot spaces must be pre-booked on the preceding Thursday by calling (087) 637 2558 between 10am and 4pm

• Car boot seller prices: cars €25, vans €30

• Refreshments and hot food available on site throughout the morning

• Closed on race days and on a small number of selected Sundays each year; check fairyhousemarket.ie before travelling if in doubt

• Recurring weekly market; this listing is dated to the next Sunday and rolls forward, subject to the racecourse’s fixture calendar

Getting There

Fairyhouse Racecourse sits just off the M2/M3 motorway corridor, about 25 minutes north of Dublin city centre near Ratoath village. There is free parking on site for both shoppers and sellers, and the site is large enough that even a busy Sunday rarely feels crowded for arriving cars.