Christmas Markets Blog
And we are back!
The Christmas Markets are back! The biggest good news is that the Christmas at the Castle market is back and this time the OPW gave up on the misguided idea of forcing people to get (free) tickets to go to a market. So NO tickets needed, you can just go and enjoy. We haven't seen this year's market yet, so we don't know if things were changed from last year, but hopefully the organisers keep improving it. It is better than ANY market there was...
All Dublin Christmas Markets are closed now!
Christmas is over, December is coming to an end and all Christmas Markets in Dublin 2022 are closed now. On one hand it was a good year: Firstly, Christmas and Christmas Markets were back. Secondly, many of the pre-2019 markets were operational again and in addition there were some new markets. On the other hand, there are improvements needed: The Christmas at the Castle Market at Dublin Castle was better than in previous years, but the...
Christmas is back in 2022!
After two bleak years, 2022 brings Christmas back again. There are still less Christmas Markets than in 2019 and there are oddities (like Christmas Markets where you need to get tickets) that are somewhat caused by the limitations of the pandemic years, but at least organisers are making an effort again. This website is the only curated Christmas Market list for Dublin and this year, it will be just that again: A list! But we upgraded the...
Happy Advent 2019
Great News: The Dublin Christmas Markets website is back again in 2019. I can't remember how many years back it all started, but it is reliable fixture in the Dublin pre-Christmas period. ...unlike good Christmas Markets much less reliable. This year it looked EXTREMELY bleak! There will be no more Christmas Markets at the chq Building (ever again!) and even the big "Market at Christmas" (It was not really a Christmas Market.), the Dublin...
We are back for another year! Have a great Advent 2018!
The DublinChristmasMarkets.com website is back and brings you all the updated information about the 2018 markets. The story from previous years didn't get much better. Dublin City Council is still incapable and/or uninterested in running a Christmas Market and that means that Belfast, Waterford, Galway and Cork all beat Dublin easily. More on this a little later. First the launch of the 2018 version of the website! Have a great Advent...
And that’s it again!
The Christmas Period 2017 is over, all Christmas markets are wrapped up and it is time to do a quick review and then to put the site again in slumber mode until October of November 2017. This Christmas Period the www.DublinChristmasMarkets.com site was visited 35,000 times between mid November and 25 December, which is an increase of nearly 80% in comparison to last year. Thanks for your trust and support again. It was not a great year as far...
Christmas 2017 is near! An update!
And here we are again. Christmas 2017 is just a stone throw away and the DublinChristmasMarkets.com website is updated again. As always there are changes and unfortunately no big improvement from last year. Dublin is still incapable to deliver what Belfast does very well and even Waterford does a much better job. Dublin City decided this year to get somehow involved with the Dublin Flea Christmas Market at the Point Village, but that is NOT a...
And it’s a wrap!
That's it for 2016! All Christmas Markets are closed now and this site will go into slumber mode until October or November of 2017. Approx. 20,000 visitors visited the site over the last four weeks and they came back often, because the number of visits is significantly higher. In addition, the close relationship with the Dublin Event Guide (for Free Events) means that the 24,000 Dublin Event Guide subscribers and 68,000 Facebook Followers were...
Main changes in comparison to 2015
It is normal that the markets change from year to year, there are some new ones and some previous ones weren't successful enough or will not be continued for other reasons. Here is a summary of how 2016 looks like. Two years ago Dublintown ran a Christmas market along Stephen's Green. They said it was a success, the market traders and visitors didn't agree however. Last year and this year, that side of St. Stephen's Green is not accessible...
Dublin Christmas Markets website online for 2016
Two or three weekend markets have already happened because they couldn't wait! ;-) But now the website is online and updated again and will be kept up-to-date until after Christmas. It is the third year now for this website and it is the ONLY comprehensive listing of all Christmas Markets in Dublin. Spread the word so that all your friends benefit from that information as well.
