Ireland Christmas Market Opening Dates 2025 | Confirmed Dates So Far

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When do Christmas markets open in Ireland this year?

If you’re trying to research the answer to this question, you may have run into some trouble… that’s because the opening dates for Christmas markets in Ireland vary by town, city & region.

That’s why we created this page for you, so you can peep the opening dates for Ireland’s Christmas Markets quickly and at a glance.

We hope you find it helpful!

This list is by no means exhaustive, and includes mainly bigger Christmas markets that we could find official websites and dates for. Let us know in the comments if you have any more we should add.

NOTE: Most Christmas markets don’t announce their confirmed dates until a few months before, so please excuse the sparse list for the time being! We’ll be sure to update this list with more dates as soon as they are released. Let us know in the comments if you know of any we should add for 2025!

Christmas Market Opening Dates in Ireland 2025

As of November 2025, most of the dates for Ireland’s Christmas markets have been announced, but not all. We will update this page as we learn more.

But for now, here is a table summarizing the opening dates of 2025 Ireland Christmas markets that we know of so far.

Referencing this information on your own website or article? We’ve put a lot of work into researching and creating these Christmas Market resources for our visitors, so we would greatly appreciate if you referenced/credited us with a link back to this page. Thank you for your understanding!

LocationChristmas Market Name2025 DatesMore InfoHotels
BelfastBelfast Continental Christmas MarketNov 15 - Dec 22Official Website
CarlowLisnavagh Christmas FairDec 6 & 7Official Website
CorkA Cork Christmas Celebration
Nov 14 - Dec 31Official Website
Derry/LondonderryChristmas Craft FairNov 14 - 15Official Website
DonegalDonegal's LaplandCancelled for 2025Official Website
DublinGifted: The Contemporary Craft and Design FairDec 3 - 7Official Website
DublinDublin Castle Christmas MarketTBAOfficial Website
SwordsSwords Town Park Christmas MarketNov 28 - 30
Dec 6 & 7		Official Website
GalwayChristmas Market GalwayNov 7 - Dec 31
Closed Dec 25		Official Website
GlenavyVictorian Christmas Markets at Ballance HouseNov 29Official Website
KillorglinKillorglin Christmas Markets TBAOfficial Website
KilkennyYulefest Kilkenny Winter MarketNov 29 and 30
Dec 6 and 7
Dec 13 and 14
Dec 20 and 21		Official Website
LimerickChristmas Art Fair at the Milk MarketTBAOfficial Website
LisburnTwilight Christmas MarketTBAOfficial Website
LisburnCarryduff Christmas MarketTBAOfficial Website
LisburnDundonald Christmas MarketNov 15Official Website
MullingarWinterfest MullingarTBAOfficial Website
NewrySanta's Cottage (Not a market, but a notable Xmas attraction!)Nov 21 - Dec 24Official Website
PortstewartFlowerfield Christmas Craft MarketNov 15 - Dec 23Official Website
TuamTuam Christmas Craft FairsNov 17Official Website
WaterfordWintervalFridays, Saturdays & Sundays Nov 14 -
Dec 23		Official Website
WicklowWicklow Christmas MarketCancelled for 2025Official Website

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15 thoughts on “Ireland Christmas Market Opening Dates 2025 | Confirmed Dates So Far”

    • Wonderful! Thanks so much for the tip. Looks like they’ve got two other dates as well. Just added them to the list. Cheers! 🙂

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    • Hi Carol, just to clarify: we are simply a website providing information regarding Christmas markets, and are not the organizers of any Christmas markets themselves. We’d recommend getting in touch with the official organizers of whichever market you’re hoping to sell at for more information. Best of luck!

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  3. Hello. I want to go to market with my handmade Christmas decorations. How I can do this? Are there some conditions for selling them? I don.t have website. Only facebook account.

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    • Hi Adriana, just to clarify: we do not organize any Christmas markets and simply provide information about markets based on official sources. We would recommend getting in touch with the organizers of whichever market you are hoping to sell at to get more info regarding selling your handmade Christmas decorations 🙂 Hope that helps!

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  4. Killarney Christmas Market
    December 3,4,5 / 10,11,12 / 17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24
    Times 10am to 5.30pm
    24th 10am to 2.30pm

    Location: New Market Lane, Killarney

    Information on Facebook and Instagram

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  6. Hi, we have a Christmas craft market in Cashel, Co Tipperary:
    Christmas on the Plaza on 11th December from 1pm to 5pm. On the plaza, main street, Cashel. There will be Christmas food and entertainment.

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  7. The Railway Market -Mullingar
    Christmas Market 2022
    Saturday/Sunday November 26 and 27
    Saturday/Sunday December 3 and 4
    Saturday/Sunday December 10 and 11
    Saturday/Sunday December 17 and 18
    Instagram and Facebook

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    • Thanks for sharing! We’d be happy to add your event to our table – could you just provide us with an official website or page where people can get more info about the event? Thanks so much!

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