Things to do in County Donegal, County Donegal: The Best Shopping

Magee is an Irish brand 149 years old. It is family run by the Temple family with both 3rd and 4th generations in the business at present and employs over 80 people here in Donegal. Magee Design and Weave fabrics in the mill in Donegal for our own collections but also ship world-wide for international designers. We currently also have 13 part-time hand weavers who still weave cloth in their homes. Our men's and ladies' wear collections are inspired by our heritage with a contemporary Irish twist. We are well known for our Tweeds and Suits but our range is now a full lifestyle collection in both Mens and Ladies. We have a fantastic new SS15 range which is available in our 3 shops in Ireland - Magee of Donegal, Magee at South Anne St. and Magee in Arnotts - and more recently our online shop,we offer free deliveries and returns to Ireland. Magee also supply independent retailers throughout Ireland and the UK. The Donegal shop not only stocks Magee, we also have a fantastic gift department, ladies boutique 'Maggies' with some fabulous new labels, as well as all of our ladies concession shops in store, Wallis, ShoeRack, Quiz, J Vert, Eastex, Dash, Precis,Winsmoor and Kira.

Studio Donegal is a family run hand-weaving and clothing manufacturing business located in the picturesque village of Kilcar, County Donegal. Visitors are invited to tour the facilities and observe our hand-weavers at work Monday to Friday. Admission is free. In our factory shop we offer our tweed throws, men’s and ladies clothing, hats and accessories as well as Donegal Yarns knitting wool and a selection of contemporary and traditional knitwear. We also stock a selection Irish made jewelry to complement our tweeds and complete our range.

Art gallery of professional artist Stephen Bennett. The gallery, consisting of 2 rooms, houses a large collection of Stephen's original paintings and also a range of limited edition prints. His work includes landscapes and figurative paintings based mostly on the landscape and people of Donegal. You will find paintings, large and small, of coastal and bogland scenes in acrylic, mixed media or pastel as well as scenes of musicians in full flight or farmer's at the mart. Stephen loves to draw and you will find many drawings, of a range of subjects, in graphite or indelible pen. To these he sometimes adds color washes producing his own distinctive pen and wash technique. Stephen likes his work to be accessible to everyone and he always has a range of small originals in the studio gallery as well as a collection of limited edition prints. A warm welcome awaits visitors to the gallery and this artist is happy to talk about his work.

Fresh food and produce. Homemade breads, cakes, soups, chutneys and jams etc. Arts and crafts. Organic fruit and veg. Meat counter. Tea/coffee corner. Knitware, cards, pottery, bath products, wax melts etc. A warm welcome awaits!

This unique shop/gallery stocks only Donegal craft and design work and is run and staffed by the craft_makers themselves. The crafts include jewellery, pottery, textiles, wood and hand_painted silk. Prices range from 3 to 500 euros.

Triona is based on The Diamond at the heart of Donegal Town. We offer a unique customer experience where we provide a complimentary guided tour complete with traditional Irish Coffee to enjoy while you learn about the history and heritage of Triona Donegal Tweed and enjoy a Weaving demonstration on our 200 year old loom. We are a family run local business and are fifth generation hand weavers. Instore you will almost always meet one of the Mulhern family. For a more indepth experience we invite you to visit our factory based 20 minutes away in the scenic heritage town of Ardara Co. Donegal where we have Triona Donegal Tweed Visitor Centre.

Ballagh studio is the most northerly Art Gallery in Ireland. It nestles on the mountainside overlooking Trawbreaga Bay, a nature reserve for wintering geese and sea birds. Our Fingerpost "PAINTINGS" will direct you to our studios, where there will be a warm welcome. Ros Harvey is a native of Malin, and returned in 1988 with her Printmaking partner Tim Stampton, who hails from Newfoundland, Canada. Together they have renovated and constructed a gallery/showroom, print workshop, their own ateliers and a framing shop. Everything they do is "hands-on" and their work is exclusive to Ballagh Studio. ROS is a Pastellist, a Member of the Royal Ulster Academy and The Pastel Society of Ireland. Her main interest is painting the breathtaking coast of the Inishowen peninsula. TIM, from his printmaking workshop, utilizing antique printing presses, has produced a number of Limited Edition Books, ranging from Folktales to Irish Mythology.