The English Market

What's in a Name? The Market was created in 1788 by the Protestant or “English” corporation that controlled the city at that time. It was a new flagship municipal market located at the heart of the new commercial city centre.

We had a great visit here and enjoyed looking at all the food for sale, all under one roof. It's an old fashioned city market and they have great displays. We stayed for lunch at a very good restaurant. One of the city's best features.

A variety of different fresh produce from around the world can be bought in the English Market. The market is still best known however for its fresh fish and butchers, and it serves many of the city's top restaurants. It is a source of local specialities such as drisheen, spiced beef and buttered eggs.

Among the stalls, you'll find fresh seasonal vegetables, a stall dedicated to fresh poultry, butchers with their own beef and game like wild Irish rabbit, spice stalls, chocolate stalls, coffee bars, hot sausages cooking on a griddle. This market is an assault on the senses in every good way possible.