craft fairs in Ireland...

green_tea

Hallo,

I'm looking for the information about craft fairs in Ireland... I'm interested in small events where I can start to sell my handmade beauties... Does anybody know something about that?

ztoical

The visual artists ireland list up coming craft fairs in their weekly email newsletter and most local arts offices will have a list of local craft fairs so check with them if they have a mail list you can get added to find out about them. The irish craft association has a list of fairs as well. A few shopping centers are starting to run monthly fairs, ask around and see whats happening in your area. Depending on what your selling you can also see about hitting up farmers markets and the like, though I'm not sure how sticky they are about product liability insurance.

green_tea

Thank you very much, ztoical! Useful informations.

eyefordetail

Hey, i'm not sure where your located but this might also be of interest to others.
Carrick on Suit in Co.Tipperary are hosting The Clancy Brothers Festival at in early June of this year. One of the organisers mentioned to me this evening that she would like to arrange a Craft Fair as part of the festival. Anyone interested pm me and i can put you in contact with the organiser. Its on for three days and as far as i know the registration fee is very reasonable, I pais 25euro to register for the Art Trail for the whole weekend.

gollyitsolly

Do you know the dates?

eyefordetail

gollyitsolly wrote: »

Do you know the dates?

The festival runs from the 12th to the 15th of June but i'm not sure how many days they want to hold the craft fair. Probably everyday if theres enough interest.

waterfordcraft

hi, did you find out about craft fairs? I'm in Waterford and I'm looking for places too. I only started in my local farmers market this year and i'm finding it difficult to find out about events.

stitchlily

Try the Craft Council of Ireland website, www.ccoi.ie, they sometimes advertise craft fairs. You used to be able to download Stoppress, their bi-monthly newsletter, which had better info than the website, but for some reason, they don't offer it any more.

liztouhy

i am very interested in the carrick on suir one, i live in ennis co clare but am willing to travel but i have someone to stay with if needs be in that area , all information would be very helpful, i knit, sew, crochet and hand and machine embrodery, everything from home to family items, all my items are 100% handmade by me, my www.puddeepdesign.com is up and running but i have not updated it recently since i have been building stock but it will be getting doen this week.

Annierose

I find the local County Enterprise Board very good for information. In Louth we have Louth Craftmark which is run by the Enterprise Board and they run events and craft fairs and even have their own shop where they sell items from a range of handmade items from local craftspeople.

There's also a great website called http://www.irishcraftupdate.com/blog/ and they advertise crafty events all over Ireland too, so you might find something listed there.

hatetherain!

As far as I know, theres a big one in Castleconnell in Limerick and I think its in October and being held in the Castle Oaks Hotel!

Monthly Artisans Craft Fair

Hi there,

There is a new monthly artisans craft fair in the Limerick Milk Market. It runs from 12 - 7 on the last Thursday of every month starting 29th July. If you SNIP send a PM she will be able to help you out if you are interested.

Good luck!

ceecards

I am running a indoor craft and food fair in St Micheals Hall Carlingford Co Louth
I am looking for new stall holders all items must be hand made we only allow 2 of each disipline contact me if you are or know a crafter that may be interested

briscotti

you should look up the Kit and Kaboodle! In Dublin once a month, in the POD

bnear

ceecards wrote: »

I am running a indoor craft and food fair in St Micheals Hall Carlingford Co Louth
I am looking for new stall holders all items must be hand made we only allow 2 of each disipline contact me if you are or know a crafter that may be interested

Could you let me know when you are having the fair, I am learning to spin and would be interested in seeing if there are any spinners there, maybe next year if you run another one I can take part.

geminijohn

I am getting to the stage where I would like to try selling some of my hand made glass craft at some craft fairs. However, can anyone tell me what the tax implications are, both in relation to income tax and VAT - sorry to bring up the dreaded subject of tax

Jellybaby1

This one in Clondalkin in Dublin is coming up next week. Already posted it somewhere else here and maybe someone here might like to know about it.

http://www.araschronain.ie/article.html/id/2881932059

Tiriel

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

This one in Clondalkin in Dublin is coming up next week. Already posted it somewhere else here and maybe someone here might like to know about it.

http://www.araschronain.ie/article.html/id/2881932059

Perhaps add it to our events sticky

zene

eyefordetail wrote: »

Hey, i'm not sure where your located but this might also be of interest to others.
Carrick on Suit in Co.Tipperary are hosting The Clancy Brothers Festival at in early June of this year. One of the organisers mentioned to me this evening that she would like to arrange a Craft Fair as part of the festival. Anyone interested pm me and i can put you in contact with the organiser. Its on for three days and as far as i know the registration fee is very reasonable, I pais 25euro to register for the Art Trail for the whole weekend.

Hi,
I know this is an old post, but do you know if your friend is planning on another fair?
Thanks

whippetgood

hiya I know this is an old thread but theres a market on up on Thomas Street called The Mingle Market. It is growing nicely, and I think they are looking for some arts and craftsy folk?

Loobz

I am also interested in selling my work at craft fair/local markets. I have a full time job and am looking to do this in my spare time.

What are the things I need to sort out before I start?
Are there any craft fairs in the south east?

All info really appreciated.

whippetgood

geminijohn wrote: »

I am getting to the stage where I would like to try selling some of my hand made glass craft at some craft fairs. However, can anyone tell me what the tax implications are, both in relation to income tax and VAT - sorry to bring up the dreaded subject of tax

it's a mystery to me anyway!! are you registered with the CCOI, maybe they would have a resource of info for this kind of thing for members? might even just be worth a search or a phone call to them they could point you in the right direction?