First Home Grown in Donegal artisan market in Dunfanaghy

The owner of Revive which is based in the Market Square in Dunfanaghy hosted her first, Home Grown in Donegal, artisan market today.

Kathy Dunn has been operating Revive for the past 13 years. Revive was initially a pre-loved furniture store offering a variety of DIY courses and furniture. Revive has developed over the years and still houses a mix of pre-loved belongings, crafts, locally produced foods and coffee.

Kathy’s ambition is to host an artisan market which offers quality food produced locally. The market will run the second Saturday of every month and only food producers from the county will be able to take part.

The market is held upstairs in Revive so will not be weather dependent and complements the Dunfanaghy Country Market and other stall holders already selling in the Market Square.

Kathy and the first three producers signed up initially and these producers met through the Donegal Women In Business Network and are members of The Donegal Food Coast.

The Donegal Food Coast was developed by the Donegal Local Enterprise Office, establishing Donegal as a food county.

Kathy said: “I hosted a Donegal Women In Business Network coffee morning here in Revive last year and since then have got to know Marianne from Kombucha Na Dalaigh, Cindy from Coco Milis, and of course I have known Sian from Wild Fuschia Bakehouse for many years as she is based here in Dunfanaghy. I had a chat with them about starting a market for local producers one day a month and they thought it was a fantastic idea. Marianne, Cindy and Sian had just been to Philadelphia with the Donegal LEO and were really keen to work together.”

Sian said “I was delighted to be asked and of course I am really looking forward to working with Marianne and Cindy. We are going to be working together in July to deliver a course combining our skills so people can have fun trying out new techniques at home. We really like the thought of using excellent Donegal ingredients in a cookery class, for example I will be using some of Cindy’s chocolate and Marianne is going to use some of my rhubarb and strawberry jam in her kombucha.”

Local Donegal Food Producers who would like to take part can contact Kathy in Revive directly for details at [email protected] or phone 086 227 7663.