The 10 Best Shopping in County Sligo, Western Ireland

The Cat & The Moon is one of Irelands leading artisan Irish craft retail shops. It was established by jewellery designer Martina Hamilton in 1989. The shop is named after an evocative 1924 play and poem by W. B. Yeats. For over 25 years The Cat & The Moon and Martina have championed individual small enterprise craft makers of Ireland. Everything sold in The Cat & The Moon is designed and handmade in Ireland. Martina also offers a unique bespoke jewellery design service where she designs and makes engagement, wedding and occasional jewellery for her customers.

Traditional Country Market selling delicious home baking, seasonal vegetables and plants, eggs, preserves and quality crafts. Friendly coffee shop and fresh crepes. Regular events and workshops. Every Saturday 10am -12noon.

he Strandhill People's Market started in May of 2013. During the Summer months the market is held on the beach front in Strandhill, Co. Sligo directly behind The Strand Bar. During the winter months the market moves to it's indoor location at hangar 1 in Sligo Airport. Carry out your weekly shopping, meet a friend for a coffee, and entertain the kids.

Located in O Connell Street in the heart of Sligo, providing a tradition of service to both local and visitor alike. We specialise in sourcing quality International and Irish merchandise and design from t-shirts, scarves, sweater, coats and jackets plus a range of linens for household and tabletop. We stock Magee handwoven tweed jackets, trousers, waistcoats, Barbour wax jackets shirts and knitwear, Traditional Aran knitwear from Bonner & Kerry woollen mills, and Fashion aran Knits from Fisherman out of Ireland and Irelands Eye knitwear .

Hazelwood House, an important Palladian mansion, was constructed in 1730 to the designs of Richard Castle, architect of Leinster House, Powerscourt House and Westport House. W.B. Yeats has a strong connection to Hazelwood; it was the inspiration of one of his most famous poems: The Song of Wandering Aengus. MAGNETISM is a major contemporary exhibition, taking over seven rooms of the old Saehan factory, also located on the site, where the extraordinary scale of the space allows for the exhibition of what could be called “extreme objects”; large-scale works that populate the immense rooms of the factory. These dynamic sculptural works have a transformative effect on the former industrial spaces – including the huge videotape ‘pancake’ stores and welder’s workshop – through inflatables, lighting, motors, draping and film projection. One of the world’s top suppliers of magnetic tape, Saehan was one of the biggest manufacturing employers in the West of Ireland. The Sligo plant closed in April 2006 following the dramatic decline in the videotape market.

Cafe, Craft and design Galleries, event venue and a wee Art gallery. We are a health conscious cafe, a fair trade conscious craft outlet and hopefully a positive experience for anyone that visits with us..The place is constantly changing and improving.Every day we aim to give better service,more options, to help build more community and to have fun with our work and our customers. Failte!!

Contemporary Irish art gallery offering a year round programme of solo exhibitions by Ireland's leading contemporary artists.

Renowned for working with smaller artisan woollen mills and talented weavers throughout Ireland The Woollen Market in Sligo showcases its own brand luxury woollen clothing and accessories collections.