Carrick-on-Shannon

Community note

Around Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon has the carnival, The Dock and a busy town-centre diary. The Dock still carries the arts thread into summer with The Kings of the Kilburn High Road from 24 to 27 June, The Kite Ballet conversation on 4 July, Henry Glassie: Field Work on 18 July, The Green Loy concert on 25 July and Distillation on 29 July, plus Neurodivergence Deep Dive training, a kite-making workshop and a Bring and Tell gathering. The Green Loy season runs at St George's Terrace from 20 June to 22 August, Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm, with local folk art and north-west traditions at its centre. At Market Yard, Carrick on Shannon Farmer's Market runs every Thursday from 10am to 2pm. Carrick on Shannon Farmer's Market runs at Market Yard Centre every Thursday from 10am to 2pm. Current Market Yard notes include a 25 June 2026 drop-in on the proposed Wetland Ecology Park off the Leitrim Road, a pop-up craft market at the Market Yard on Saturday 27 June from 12pm to 5pm with live music, and a small 16-year thank-you for Leitrim Flowers at the farmers market. Marketyard Town Centre also carries unit and space notices for the town centre. Carrick's civic and club notices continue through Tidy Towns, GAA and rugby. Carrick on Shannon Tidy Towns marks the town as Ireland's overall Tidiest Town 2025, recently carried a EUR5,000 Glancy's SuperValu donation note, and used the Market Yard with McCloys Consultants to gather public opinion on a feasibility study. Another Tidy Towns post framed the work as many hands, with MyCarrick, Leitrim County Council, Leitrim Tourism and Carrick On Shannon Chamber beside it. St Mary's Kiltoghert GAA lists Páirc Naomh Mhuire at Attifinlay / N41 C8Y1, a weekly 50/50 draw on the club app and a senior team note after retaining the All County League Division 1 title. Leitrim GAA also carried a Barna Waste U13 Division 1 League Final item involving St Mary's Kiltoghert. Carrick on Shannon RFC represents Leitrim and North Roscommon, keeps a local business directory and is running tag rugby at the club grounds. The Carrick on Shannon Billboard public board carries ordinary recommendation notices: trades, small jobs, local services, car boot, buy-and-sell and lost/found-style posts. Carrick on Shannon Buy And Sell also carries practical local notices. The public Carrick diary includes The Dock, Market Yard, farmers market, Tidy Towns, GAA, rugby, chamber, river activity, food businesses and practical local notices.