Sheridans Cheesemongers Saturday Market, Kells

What to Expect

Sheridans Cheesemongers built its reputation supplying Irish and European farmhouse cheeses to restaurants and shops nationwide, and its Kells premises, on the site of the old Virginia Road railway station just outside town, is both the company’s cheese maturing rooms and a working market. Every Saturday from 10am to 2pm, year-round, local producers set up stalls in the yard alongside the shop, typically including a butcher, fruit and vegetable growers, and other small artisan food makers from the surrounding area. Inside, the shop itself is worth the visit on its own: a serious selection of farmhouse cheeses from Ireland and across Europe, plus other artisan groceries such as charcuterie, oils and preserves. The on-site cafe serves teas, coffees, cheese toasties and baked treats throughout the week, so the Saturday market doubles as a decent spot for a casual breakfast or lunch stop rather than a quick browse-and-go. It draws a mix of locals doing a weekly shop and visitors making a detour off the main Kells to Virginia road, and it has run in this format for many years, making it one of the more established food markets in this part of County Meath. Sheridans built its name supplying restaurants and delis around the country from these same cheese maturing rooms, so the Kells site functions as both a working production base and a genuine local shopping trip rather than a purely tourist-facing market, which gives it a different feel to some of the county’s newer farmers markets.

Good to Know

• Every Saturday, 10am to 2pm, year-round.
• Sheridans Cheesemongers, Old Virginia Road, Pottlereagh, near Kells, Co. Meath.
• Free to browse; goods purchased individually from stallholders and the shop.
• Recurring weekly market; this file is dated to the next upcoming Saturday.
• Sheridans cafe on site serves food and drink daily, not only on market day.

Getting There

Located on the Old Virginia Road (R147), just south of Kells town centre, on the route towards Virginia, Co. Cavan. Ample parking is available on site at the old railway station grounds.