markets louth

Bolton Square, known more familiarly as "the potato market" is the traditional location of the town's weekly open air market, where on a Saturday, from early morning onwards, anything " from a needle to an anchor" may be purchased from the colourful stalls. The first charter for a weekly market "to be held on a Saturday, unless same were an injury to neighbouring markets on the same day" was granted to Drogheda (Meath) in 1317. Presumably the Saturday market was already in operation in the riv...