Christmas Georgian Market Comes to Limerick - Nov 20th - Limerick Christmas Craft Market

Limerick is the location for Ireland’s first-ever Georgian Quarter Christmas Market.

No 1 Pery Square Hotel and Spa in Limerick’s historic Georgian area is set to host a unique market with picturesque stalls offering traditional handcrafted gifts including jewellery, toys, Christmas cards, dolls and candles.

Traditional foods, Christmas puddings, meats, sweets, breads, pastries and other festive goodies will also be on offer complemented by artisan cuisine and organic produce from Slow Food Limerick.

The Limerick Georgian Quarter Christmas Market will be open from 3.30pm to 7pm on Friday, November 20, and noon to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday, November 21 and 22. The market is supported by Shannon Development in association with Slow Food Limerick.

Patricia Roberts, of No 1 Pery Square Hotel, said: "This is the perfect opportunity to showcase Georgian Limerick at Ireland’s first Georgian-themed market. Our Christmas market will feature Ireland’s finest food, arts and crafts and lots of gift ideas for the festive season."

John Crowe, Shannon Development’s Limerick projects and promotions manager, said: "This is an important new initiative for Limerick which Shannon Development is delighted to be associated with. Limerick’s Georgian Quarter is an important part of the city’s history and contains many important tourism attractions including The Georgian House and Garden, Limerick City Art Gallery, The People’s Park and No 1 Pery Square. This initiative is aimed at encouraging seasonal breaks to Limerick and showcasing our history in an innovative way."

Jenny Allen, of Slow Food Limerick, added: "We’re delighted to have this fantastic opportunity to showcase our artisan products and highlight the variety of top-quality produce available."

For More information including a list of stalls visit the Market Website at - http://www.limerickgeorgianmarket.com/

Castleconnell Craft Fair Limerick - Every Bank Holiday

If you are looking to start your Christmas shopping early this year and want to find some unique and excellent value gifts for your friends and family then I recommend a trip out to Castleconnell to the Castle Oaks Hotel for the Castleconnell Craft Fair.

The Fair runs every bank holiday and the admission cost of €3 all goes to charity. I was surprised on arriving at the amazing variety and number of stands.

The fair has now been running since 1989 and has gone from strength to strength with the number of stands now numbering over 40!I was speaking to one of the organising committee Mary O’Connor who said that over the two days of the fair over 2000 people attend the fair with the numbers growing every Bank holiday weekend through word of mouth.Mary also told me that

many people who attend on Sunday return on Monday with their friends!
The Fair runs from 12-6 every bank holiday so if you don’t make it this time make sure to get there on one of the bank holidays before Christmas to pick up the perfect gift!

Some sample photos are below and I am settingup a page for the Fair as one of our Sub Sites, It will contain more information from some

of the exhibitors as well as links to those that have websites. This is a great example of a community working together to bring the best in handmade and artisan products not just to those in their community but to Limerick as a whole. So if you are looking for something to do tomorrow then why not hop in the car and nip our to Castleconnell and while you are picking up some bargains don't forget that the Castle Oaks does a lovely Lunch!

The Fair has a page on the Local Castleconnell website [ Here ] or email then [ Here ]

I will post a link to the subsite I am setting up as soon as its done.

If you have a similar or indeed any event you

would like to promote or if you would like us to setup one of our Subsite for you then just drop us an email and remember that the subsite listing for anyone who does not have a website is free! ( no catches ) Click on the slideshow below to visit our online gallery of images from where you can download any picture you want.