FAQ's
The English Market is located in Cork city centre with its main entrances on Grand Parade, and on Princes Street, with further smaller entrances off Oliver Plunkett Street and Patrick Street.
The English Market is open to the public from 8.00 am to 6.00 pm, Monday to Saturday. It is closed on Sundays and Bank Holidays. Some traders may operate different trading hours within those hours.
The Market was created in 1788 by the Protestant or “English” corporation that controlled the city until 1841. This was a new flagship municipal market located at the heart of the new commercial city centre. When local government was reformed in 1840, and the representatives of the city’s Catholic, “Irish” majority took over, they established another covered food market, St. Peter’s (now the Bodega@St Peter’s Market) which became known as the “Irish Market” to distinguish it from its older counterpart, which remained associated with its English creators. The name “English Market”, then, dates from this era of transition.
A total of 2,250 car parking spaces are available in the City centre, both on-street and in multi-storey parks. The nearest public multi-storey car-parks to the English Market are at Grand Parade and Paul Street. For locations and information on these and other convenient city-centre public car-parks, refer to the following link: parking.corkcity.ie.
Cork City Council also operates a Park & Ride service at the Black Ash, Kinsale Road, on the south side of the City. It allows visitors and shoppers to travel straight into the retail heart of the city, without the hassle of searching for parking spaces, with a good-value, high quality bus service to the city centre. For further details see the following link: http://www.corkcity.ie/services/roadstransportation/trafficdivision/blackashparkandride/
Some traders accept credit cards and laser cards, however many traders deal on a cash-only basis.
There are ATM’s located on Patrick Street, and South Mall.
The Customer toilet facility is located near the Market Alley entrance, at the top corner of the fish aisle in the Grand Parade Market. Please note that there is just one public toilet, access to which is coin-operated.
The Tourist Information Office is located on Patrick Street.
Cork City Council owns the English Market and leases the stalls to traders. Cork City Council contracts with Lisney who look after the day-to-day running of the market.
As units are leased by Cork City Council to traders, vacancies will only arise if a trader wishes to vacate their unit, or if Cork City Council acquires a unit back from a trader. Where a present trader proposes to assign their unit to a new trader, the consent of Cork City Council is required both for the assignment, and for the proposed new trade. Cork City Council will seek to ensure insofar as is practicable that the form of retailing continues to support the Market’s Vision Statement and core principles of traditional open-stall trading of natural, high quality food products. Accordingly, in applying these principles there will be a bias against high street or supermarket-type retailing, and a bias against the sale of pre-packaged foods or foods that have been significantly processed.
If you are interested in becoming a trader at the English Market, please share your contact details, business proposal with Cork City Council and Lisney Property Management our appointed English Market Managers at englishmarket@corkcity.ie and bwalsh@lisney.com
The consent of Cork City Council and Lisney Management is required for any filming in the English Market.
For general queries on filming please email: englishmarket@corkcity.ie
To apply for permission please complete the following Application-Form-for-Consent-to-Filming-.docx (size 201 KB)
The permission of the managing agents (Lisney), the landlord (Cork City Council) and the landlord’s insurers is required, therefore a minimum notice period of at least 14 days applies. Late applications may be refused or a late application fee may be charged of €200. Consent may be granted or refused by the Council.
Fees: A location fee of €250 may apply – this will depend on the nature of the filming. A waiver of fees may be granted if the filming is non-commercial and/or is promoting food and/or the English Market as a food venue or is by a charity etc., the ultimate decision on same rests with the City Council.
Insurance: Every applicant will be required to provide proof of Public and Employers Liability Insurance (copy to be provided): Public Liability of €6.5 million, Employers Liability of €13 million.
A copy of your Public and Employers Liability Insurances must be submitted with your application form, with a specific indemnity to Cork City Council for the filming date and location. Please note that this indemnity is required to be provided and applications will not be accepted without same.
Please ensure that each section of this application form is fully completed and signed, and that you submit copy of your insurances with the application form. Failure to do so will result in your application being refused and returned.
Applications should be returned by email to:
Brendan Walsh Lisney email: bwalsh@lisney.com