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TEMPLE BAR MARKETS

Temple Bar's markets are a weekend blitz of design, books and gourmet cuisine.

Book Fair MAP GOOGLE MAP (Temple Bar Sq; 10am-5pm Sat; all city centre) Bad, secondhand pot-
boilers, sci-fi books, picture books and other assorted titles invite you to rummage about on Saturday afternoons.
If you look hard enough, you're bound to find something worthwhile.

Cow's Lane Designer Mart MAP GOOGLE MAP (Cow's Lane; 10am-5pm Sat; all city centre) A real
market for hipsters, on the steps of Cow's Lane, this market brings together more than 60 of the best clothing, ac-
cessory and craft stalls in town. Buy cutting-edge designer duds from the likes of Drunk Monk, punky T-shirts,
retro handbags, costume jewellery by Kink Bijoux and even clubby babywear. It's open from June to September;
the rest of the year it moves indoors to St Michael's & St John's Banquet Hall MAP GOOGLE MAP , just

around the corner.

Meeting House Square Market MAP GOOGLE MAP (Meeting House Sq; 10am-5pm Sat; all cross-
city) From sushi to salsa, this is the city's best open-air food market, a compact stroll through gourmet lane where
you can pick, prod and poke your way through the organic foods of the world. There are tastes of everywhere,
from cured Spanish chorizos and paellas to Irish farmhouses cheeses, via handmade chocolates and freshly made
crêpes, homemade jams and freshly squeezed juices.