Ramelton Country Market

What to Expect

Ramelton Country Market runs every Saturday from 11am to 12:30pm inside Ramelton Town Hall, in the centre of one of Donegal’s best preserved Georgian heritage towns on the Lennon River. It’s a traditional country market in the old Irish sense: a co-operative of local sellers under one roof rather than a single trader’s shop, with knitwear, crafts and specialised photography sold alongside fresh local produce and organic food. Run by Ramelton Country Markets Ltd, the same group also puts on a second, smaller stall every other Friday from 10:30am to 2:30pm beside Greene’s Shoe Shop in Letterkenny, so shoppers who miss the Saturday sitting in Ramelton get a second chance during the month in the county town.

Good to Know

• Date: Saturday, August 8, 2026, from 11am to 12:30pm.
• Venue: Ramelton Town Hall, Ramelton, Co. Donegal.
• Price: free to browse; crafts and produce are bought individually from stallholders.
• Recurrence: held every Saturday, year-round, at the Town Hall.
• Contact: +353 87 969 9715.

Getting There

Ramelton is a short drive from Letterkenny on the R245, set where the River Lennon meets Lough Swilly, and the Town Hall sits in the middle of the town’s row of Georgian merchant buildings. There’s no dedicated market car park, so visitors typically use on-street parking along the town’s main streets, which is generally manageable given the market’s short, fixed morning slot. The town’s old warehouses and quayside buildings, a legacy of its history as a trading port on Lough Swilly, are within a few minutes’ walk of the Town Hall, so a market visit combines easily with a stroll along the river.

Ramelton’s market is one of several country and farmers markets running across Donegal on broadly the same co-operative model, alongside markets in Buncrana, Carndonagh, Dunfanaghy and Killybegs, all typically running to short, fixed weekly or twice-monthly time slots rather than a full day’s trading.