Carndonagh Gift Card joins national gifting platform as sales pass €576,000

The Carndonagh Gift Card, which has generated sales of more than €576,000, is now available on a national gifting platform as part of a drive to encourage local shopping.

The card, which was launched by the Carndonagh Traders’ Association in 2021, is one of the first local gift cards in Ireland available to buy on GiftRound, in addition to being available online and in person from the Visit Carndonagh Tourist Information Centre.

The Carndonagh Gift Card can be spent with a variety of local businesses, including shops, restaurants, salons, cafés and services and is part of the Town & City Gift Card initiative. 

The addition of the Carndonagh Gift Card to the GiftRound store is part of a wider onboarding of Town & City Gift Cards across Ireland, including in Sligo, Drogheda, Ballinrobe and Waterford.

GiftRound was founded in 2018, giving people an easy way to collect money for various occasions such as leaving gifts, new babies, weddings and the end of the school year. Over 100,000 collections have been created through GiftRound to date.

Consultation events taking place on Three Trees to Carndonagh greenway

Events are taking place in Carndonagh and Moville to inform the public of the greenway project and to invite feedback

Deirdre Bradley, chairperson of the Carndonagh Traders’ Association said: “As the hub of Inishowen, we’re proud of our local businesses in Carndonagh, all accessible through the Carndonagh Gift Card. The partnership with GiftRound is exciting, as it will bring the power of shop local to new audiences who may not have visited Inishowen before. GiftRound is an easy way for groups to collect money online, and now there’s the added benefit of being able to support local too.” 

Craig Forsythe, CEO and founder at GiftRound said the addition of the Carndonagh Gift Card to the platform makes supporting local businesses easier than ever.

“GiftRound was an idea that I came up with 10 years ago as a solution to the office problem of trying to collect money for a gift. Someone would always put the card in their desk drawer and it would get lost. But things really kicked off for GiftRound in the pandemic with the cultural shift towards remote working. With GiftRound, we’re reigniting the joy of gifting, making the process celebratory and helping the recipient to get a nicer gift at the end.”