Summer Cottage Market
A beloved open-air weekend market in Con Smith Park bringing together 50-plus local food producers, crafters, artists, and live musicians to celebrate the best of County Cavan.
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"A family storytelling event at Cavan County Museum in Ballyjamesduff follows a narrator through replica trenches to recount the lives of Cavan men who fought in the First World War."
Tales from the Trenches
"This annual memorial weekend in the small Cavan market town of Cootehill keeps alive the music of the late Gerry Whelan with sessions, concerts and céilís drawing trad musicians from across Ulster and beyond."
Gerry Whelan Memorial Traditional Music Weekend
"Running since 2007, this much-loved Halloween weekend festival fills the lakeside town of Virginia with pumpkin competitions, parades, and family festivities every October bank holiday."
Virginia Pumpkin Festival
"A once-in-a-generation outdoor spectacle marking 300 years of Gulliver's Travels, transforming Cavan Courthouse with large-scale digital projections, theatre, music, and community lantern art inspired by Jonathan Swift's West Cavan connections."
Gulliver's Travels 300th Anniversary Celebration
"A long-distance community walking event winding through the lake-dotted drumlin landscapes of Killeshandra and west Cavan within the UNESCO Cuilcagh Lakelands Geopark."
Cuilcagh Camino
"Celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2026, this traditional one-day show in the heart of County Cavan features seven livestock categories, home industries and a big-screen All-Ireland football final."
Arva Agricultural Show
"A weekly Saturday showcase of local artists and craft workers from the Burren and Wild Atlantic Way region, held at the Russell Cultural Centre in the trad-music village of Doolin from 10am to 4pm."
Doolin Craft Fair
"A weekly Sunday gathering of local crafts, home baking, fresh produce, and artisan goods on the Connemara coast, a sociable window into the village community all summer long."
Roundstone Country Market
"A woodland craft market set within the illuminated Avondale Forest Park, pairing handmade stalls and vintage carousels with Treetop Night Lights and a real ice rink beside the historic Parnell family estate."
Winter Woodland Christmas Market at Beyond the Trees Avondale
"A celebrated two-weekend artisan fair on the grounds of the famous Ballymaloe House estate, showcasing over 200 Irish craft and food exhibitors with a different roster of makers each weekend."
Ballymaloe Christmas Craft Fair
"A daily festive market running for nearly four weeks in Sligo town, bringing together small local businesses and artisan makers in a community-led celebration of Irish-made goods."
Sligo Christmas Market
"Returning in 2026 after a year's absence, this harbour-town market at The Murrough brings over 50 stalls of local craft and food, a Santa Express train, and a 300-metre eco-ice trail."
Wicklow Town Christmas Market