A great atmosphere, a variety of stalls offering a cornucopia of fabulous products, all enriched by the lovely smell and sites of a busy market from freshly brewed coffee, speciality meats, music from an excellent jazz band.
Easily enjoy an entire morning there shopping and relaxing!
Declan Fitzpatrick is here pictured enjoying soem of the produce on offer
“I thoroughly enjoy a stroll around the market, which really livens up your day and you never come home empty handed! Well worth a visit”
Friday Variety Market
The Friday Variety Market, on the St George’s Market site, dates back to 1604. It opens at 6am every week and runs until approximately 2pm.
There are 248 market stalls selling a variety of products including:
fruit
vegetables
antiques
books
clothes
fish.
It is this assorted mix that attracts thousands of visitors each week. The fish section alone contains 23 fish stalls and holds the reputation for being the leading retail fish market on the island of Ireland.
The Saturday Market
This market takes place in St George’s every Saturday from 9am until 3pm.
Enjoy the best food, tastes and smells brought by local producers including:
fish landed at Portavogie
pork from Cookstown
beef from Armagh
venison
pheasant in season
local organic vegetables.
Added to these local delicacies, the market offers a huge range of continental and speciality foods such as:
wild boar
tapas
cheeses
cured meats
teas and coffees from around the world
caribbean delights
delicious French pastries and crepes.
Customers can sample the products or relax with a coffee and a newspaper while listening to some of the best local musicians as they play live.
The Saturday Market has a fusion of tempting speciality foods from around the world as well as handmade crafts, flowers, plants and local artwork.
St George’s Market is open 10am – 4pm on Sundays.
The service and market banter from these two ladies at the Olive stand was excellent! Thanks girls for letting us take a picture from behind the stall.
The new Sunday Market
The Sunday market opened for the first time on Sunday 4 July and will run for an initial three-month trial – is a mixture of the traditional Friday Variety Market and Saturday’s award-winning City Food and Garden Market
It has a special emphasis on local arts and crafts, offering more local craftspeople the opportunity to show off their talents.
Live music from top local bands and solo artists also ensures that visitors are kept entertained.
Products on sale include:
local, continental and specialty foods
scented candles
clothes
handmade jewellery
paintings
recycled goods.
