Markethill Festival

05/09/2026

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Historic walking tour of town. Next Saturday morning (12th September ) in Markethill!

🏛️ EUROPEAN HERITAGE OPEN DAY – WALKING TOUR OF MARKETHILL 🚶‍♀️🚶

📅 Saturday 12th September
⏰ Starting at 10am
📍 The Old Courthouse, Markethill

Why not discover a little more about the history right on our doorstep?

As part of European Heritage Open Day, well-known local Tour Guide Lynne Brown will take us on a fascinating dawdle around Markethill, exploring some of the town’s oldest and most impressive buildings and sharing stories and facts you may never have known – or even guessed!

Many of Markethill’s sturdy stone buildings date back to the 19th century, with fascinating connections to the thriving linen industry and the Gosford Estate. Designed by notable architects and constructed by highly skilled craftsmen, they have plenty of stories to tell.

The tour will start and finish at The Old Courthouse and will take in:

The Chapel of Ease • Orange Hall • Bingham House • Dr Marshall’s House • Alexander’s Market House • Methodist Church • Old Railway Station • The Old Barn • Doyle’s Corner • 1st Presbyterian Church • Small Memorial Hall

On returning to The Old Courthouse, Lynne will guide us around this historic building and delve into its own fascinating past – including how, in 1993, when it was in very poor condition and listed ‘at risk’, it was rescued and repurposed by Markethill District Enterprises for the benefit of the wider community.

Today, this wonderful building is home to the popular Courtrooms Restaurant, Happy Hills Childcare and community meeting and conference facilities.

📚 And the history doesn’t stop there!

In the years shortly afterwards, an archive of local people’s stories, photographs and audio recordings was created by Adrian Mallon through the Bygones and Byways website.

Here you can discover even more about the history of Markethill, its local geography, the origins of the town and how it has developed over the years.

🌐 bygonesandbyways.com

☕🍰 And after all that exploring, why not finish off your visit by treating yourself to something tasty in The Courtrooms?
👩‍🌾🪴Or take a walk round the community garden at the rear of the property.

Come along, enjoy a leisurely walk and discover just how much history is hidden in the streets and buildings of Markethill.

You might be surprised by what you learn! 🏛️

02/09/2026

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Free event as part of European Heritage Weekend.

NB. Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult

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30/08/2026

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Having a clear out? We are looking for books for our Charity Bookshelves especially children's books. Get in touch if you can help us fundraise and recycle at the same time

29/08/2026

Winners of the finals of the Robert Hunter Memorial bowls! 🤩 Thank you to all who entered - hope we'll see you again next year.

Thank you to Jal for all your help and time in organising and running the tournament again this year! 👏👏 Couldn't do it without you.

Very grateful to J.D. Hunter & Co Supermarket for the scrumptious suppers each evening. 😋😊

❤️ Tournament in aid of local Armagh support group of Chest Heart and Stroke. Great to have local volunteer, Craig, join us this week- thanks for you help and for raising awareness of work of the charity.

Our nightly fundraising raffle was a great success and once again we would like to thank many local businesses for their generous support 😍

Much appreciation to Markethill Masonic for use of the hall this past week 🙂
Contact their page to enquire about availability & rates.

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28/08/2026

🩷🐁 It's beautiful! Plush mouse & fantastic hand made clothes in a gorgeous, wooden, hinged box.
Our lovely Eileen will be in J.D. Hunter & Co Supermarket tomorrow /Saturday selling squares at only £1 each. If you can't make it into town tomorrow but would still like to enter just send her a message and she'll sort you out. 🩷

Thank you TinyLife supporters for the fabulous donation.
In support of festival charities.



Thank you once again to Hunter's Supermarket for facilitating us 😍
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28/08/2026

😀💥Flashback Friday!!💥😀
Our first Charity Bingo evening a few years ago. Can anyone guess the year? Would you like us to run this again??

28/08/2026