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markets · Saturday 25 July 2026 · 9:00am - 1:00pm 
Monaghan Farmers and Country Market
At Castleblayney Livestock Mart · Muckno Street, Black Island, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
At Castleblayney Livestock Mart · Muckno Street, Black Island, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
Monaghan Farmers and Country Market sets up in the yard at Castleblayney Livestock Mart on the last Saturday of every month, bringing local food and country produce stalls to the same grounds used for the town’s weekly cattle sales. It runs from 9am to 1pm and is organised locally through Maura Nugent. The market gives producers from around south Monaghan a monthly outlet distinct from the mart’s weekly livestock trading, held in the working salesyard rather than a dedicated market square in the town centre.
Because the market is held in the open salesyard rather than a curated market square, it has a working, rural character rather than a polished craft-fair feel. Expect local food producers and country goods typical of a small farmers’ market, with the exact stallholders varying somewhat from month to month depending on who is trading that Saturday. The market shares its last-Saturday date with the separate car boot sale run at Iontas Arts and Community Centre elsewhere in Castleblayney, so a last Saturday in the town can mean a choice of two very different stalls-and-bargains outings without leaving the same town. This is a long-standing, low-key fixture aimed mainly at the regular local shop rather than at visitors or tourists, and it has run alongside the mart’s own trading calendar for years.
Castleblayney Livestock Mart is on Muckno Street, Black Island, a short walk from the town’s Main Street and the N2 route between Monaghan town and Dublin. Yard parking is available for those attending the market, with additional on-street parking nearby. Castleblayney is served by Bus Éireann services on the Dublin to Monaghan and Derry route.
Castleblayney sits on the shore of Lough Muckno, and Hope Castle’s grounds and the lake shore are a short walk from the market, worth combining with a Saturday morning out. There is more to see in Castleblayney and across Co. Monaghan.
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