Check out your local markets and all the carboot sales around the country this August Bank Holiday Sunday & Monday. Good website to locate them https://collectireland.com/car-boot-sales/ #carboot #markets #augustbankholiday #ireland #ardmore #waterford

It’s time to say goodbye to our trusty gazebos and tables that made so many drizzly days at the flea market possible. We have 14 gazebos in total. They are all 3x3 meter pop-up heavy duty aluminium gazebos with foot weights & multi coloured roof covers but no sides. Some are in better condition than others. Ideally we would love to sell them as a lot or in multiples, and would especially love if anyone wanted to use them for markets. There are 15 folding trestle tables, all are chipped but still very usable with a throw over them. Email [email protected] for all enquiries. They are currently being stored in Dublin 8. Spread the word. Thanks #gazebo #gazebosale #marketsale #tablesale #trestletable

Flea Closure. After lots of difficult and emotional discussions, we, the founders and organisers of the Dublin Flea Market, have come to the conclusion that we are not in a position to operate the Dublin Flea Market anymore. Therefore the Dublin Flea Market will officially cease operation at the end of 2021. This was not a decision we made easily, in fact it was not a decision we feel like we had full control over. This decision was sired by the unfortunate red tape and rocketing rents of the ever difficult Dublin City, where cultural spaces are at an all time low and buildings are still being demolished to make way for more hotels and overpriced office blocks. The reality of the pandemic also played its part and the shift in focus and energy that brought many of us to exodus the constricting confines of the city walls. The Dublin Flea was a focal point for us in Dublin. We invested our hearts and so much energy into it over an amazing eleven years. We hosted thousands of traders who travelled from all over Ireland and as far as the U.K and France to trade with us. We also welcomed hundreds of thousands of happy market visitors from Ireland and all over the world. Although the flea is closing we really hope that the new energy that is out there, in the new generations of young people, artists, creatives and communities can be seen and heard by the powers that be. It is essential that this energy is nurtured and encouraged so that it can contribute and enrich the landscape of Dublin’s neighbourhoods. Although we will be moving on, our hearts will forever be full of the memories & joy that the Flea and it’s community gave us. We will update our website soon to be an archive of those special years so that the memories can live on and we endeavour to continue to advocate for markets in a city that is strongly lagging behind in terms of European Market Culture. For now we want to thank everyone who has ever visited, supported, traded, haggled, shopped, laughed, danced, hugged and been there with us through thick and thin. Thank you all for being there! Aisling, Dave, Luca & Sharon

Felt unbelievably at home yesterday on my first ever (very overdue) visit to @ardmorepotteryandgallery in Co. Waterford There were so many familiar names lining the walls and shelves from our beloved, departed Dublin Flea Christmas Market and many more new discoveries!! The shop and pottery studio was set up 40 years ago by @marylincolnardmore and has been going from strength to strength, gathering the very best artists snd crafters along the way, ever since. Now run and curated by Mary’s incredibly talented daughter @katielincoln1 and her partner Anto, it has one of the best curated collections of bold art, design and craft I’ve seen in one shop Ireland! If you miss our Christmas Market, make your way to Ardmore, you won’t be sorry. To mention but a very artists that caught my eye @marylincolnardmore @sarahlincoln13 @aoifebanville @karicahill.studio @inconsistentmachine @badlymadebooks @scribbleandstone @baressential.ie @oxmantown_skincare @samagusnessa @annadale_brick_works @margobanks51 @etainhickeyclonakilty @andrewludick @renemullin_ @alicefitzgeraldart And big thank you to my dearest friend @drurbanistucl for the best day out, such a treat!

Garage sale AHOY! Aisling & Luca are having a good old fashioned garage sale. It will be a total mishmash of flea finds, old books, records, clothes, household bits n bobs, chairs, some catering equipment, old doors, art.....and a garden shed! The address is - 43b chamber street, Dublin 8 - next to Weaver Park. This Saturday 5th 11-3pm. Weather forecast for sun! We love garage sales!! They reclaim a bit of the neighbourhood, allow neighbours to meet (at a distance) and keep second hand culture alive! If anyone wants to do a garage sale this Summer please tag @dublinflea on your stories post and we will do our best to repost on our page, (maybe give us a heads up on insta messages a few days ahead, as we are not online much). Make sure you have the address of the sale and the time clearly displayed on the post. No garage or front garden too small or too far, you could be in Kilmuckridge, Killiney or West Kerry. Your own local engagement that will be the most powerful tool for you - make posters, tell your local shop/café, post on your own social media. Take photos of the day and we can repost here too if you tag us! #garagesale #yardsale #dublin8 #bricabrac

Many people have been asking if the Dublin Flea Market will be back this summer. We thank you all for your enquiries. We have explored our options and talked it over. However due to event number restrictions under Covid and the nature of how touchy feely flea markets are, we feel it wouldn’t be safe, legal or enjoyable to attempt bringing it back under these conditions. We are very sad about this as we miss our community and the buzz but we are confident that we are making the right decision. We hope you are all well and that you’re looking after each other. If this decision changes at any time in the future we will update you here on our social media channels. Thank you. The Dublin Fleas

Very sad to hear that @theharlequinvintage is shutting up its physical shop on Market Street. It has been faithfully providing some of the best second-hand threads in Dublin for over 40 years! What would we have done without their Aladdin’s cave of sparkly, furry, patterned, textured, feathery, sequinsed men and women’s vintage, beautifully displayed over three floors! But not is all lost.. we are Very happy to hear they will be continuing online, selling through their website the www.theharlequin.ie. and their dpop site. Wishing Fiona all the best in her new online adventures. Photo credit by @omdivaboutique (sorry forgot to add)

We miss you all! We miss our traders, we miss you our customers, our community and us all being together. What magical times our Christmas markets were, like a city festival with a showcase of the best of Irish talent in a shopping centre! We can’t offer you our market this year but we can link you to our amazing traders. Follow the link in our profile to over 150 stalls from our market in 2018. You’ll find some of the best crafters, designers, vintage collectors and food producers in Ireland. Links to their websites and social media are on their pages. Sorry if any details are out of date. And please ignore dates as we are not trading this year. Hopefully we might see you back next summer in The Digital Hub Covid allowing. But until then mind each other, stay safe, and when you can support local and buy Irish. Anon. 💛

We hope everybody is holding up ok in this strange and worrying time. We just wanted to reach out to you to let you know when this is all over the Dublin Flea Market will be back. The market began in the recession and boom or bust it will return. Somewhere, sometime when this is all over we will pop back up. And we very much look forward to that time, when we can gather again and celebrate each other. In the meantime do your best to prepare for what is unfortunately on the way. Think about what you can do to boost your immune system, eat healthy, get active, try (as hard as it might be) to reduce your stress levels. Being mentally and physically fit will hopefully help us get over the virus quicker if we should contract it, make us more able to look after each other (in isolation) and help us make better decisions under pressure. If you are in full health and don’t have people relying on you maybe think about joining the number of voluntary groups out there, (many roles are based from home). And do keep up the social distancing and keep washing your hands. Take it very seriously. You only have to look at Italy and Spain to understand how real this situation could get. See you on the other side for a very joyful reunion. Until then mind each other. The Dublin Fleas.

Happy Holidays from all of us here at the Dublin Flea. And a massive thank you to everyone for all your incredible support in 2019. It was a roller coaster of a year; we found a new summer home for our monthly market in the @thedigitalhub which we are delighted about, but lost our Christmas Market venue (and could not find another one to accommodate our incredible footfall and number of traders). But we were thrilled to see all the great markets that sprung up in December in its place and are feeling positive about market culture in Dublin in general. Let’s keep an eye on the developments regarding the Fruit and a Veg market and the Iveagh Markets in 2020. It’s very important to make sure these market spaces serve the community and are accessible to genuine artisan traders. Support our market culture and a Happy Christmas Y’all. X

We did a quick comparison on Friday for the weekend that’s in it, between the Dublin Flea Christmas Market (cancelled this year due to lack of venue and insufficient funding) and the proposed White Water Rafting facility for the IFSC, voted in last week by our Dublin City Councillors 37-19. The construction of this facility, to begin in 2020, is estimated to cost €23 million. It is forecast by year 5 to have a net annual revenue of €1.6 million, which after annual running costs will be reduced to a surplus of €789K. This means it will take 29 years just to recoup the initial investment, not to make a profit, just recoup the initial tax payers investment! What type of business plan is this!? It is also forecasts that by year 5, visitor numbers will be up to 37,000, (at a cost of €50 per head). Compare this to last year’s Dublin Flea Christmas Market which brought 73,000 visitors to the Dublin Docklands in just 8 days and had an estimated spend of €3.5 Million. This 3.5 million went directly into supporting Irish-based start-ups and small creative enterprises. The event was free to attend and promoted innovation, sustainability, community and regeneration. It showcased a unique side of Ireland and celebrated her rich craft and creative cultures. Something that tourists were and would be delighted to travel for. In a city that is gripped by a severe housing & worrying cultural crisis we need to wake up and act. This project is Dublin in a nutshell - it makes no sense and epitomises a culture of pure ‘fur coat and no knickers’ where we make grand gestures we can’t afford and ignore basic living needs. If you feel that Dublin Councillors need to act like we are in a crisis -scroll forward to see the list of Councillors who voted for this project - the very ones we voted in May of this year- who promised to represent us -the people of Dublin. If you disagree with the direction they voted and feel that the city should prioritise & redirect funds for affordable housing and municipal market & cultural spaces then write an email and tell them so. Find their contacts in a link included at the bottom of our Friday Facebook post- link in profile.

Lovely to see @circad3 all set up with his new mid-century and vintage rooms in Thomastown yesterday at the back of fab ethical clothing store @vividloveforlife #thomastown #kilkenny