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Long the principal marketplace for the region's wool products, Donegal Town has several smaller shops with local hand weaving, knits, and crafts.
Explore this small cluster of workshops where you can buy handwoven goods, jewelry, and glass from young, local craftspeople. You can even watch the items being made Monday to Saturday 9:30 am–5:30 pm. The Aroma Café in the Craft Village is a top-class spot for homemade cakes and breads, and also serves dishes with a Mexican twist. The Village is closed on Sunday in the spring and summer and during the winter months it closes on Sunday and Monday.
For the best selection of local history books on Donegal and Ireland in general, Ordnance Survey maps, and travel guides, as well as music and Celtic jewelry, the Four Masters Bookshop is a great place to browse.
The main hand-weaving store in town, trading for more than 150 years, Magee's carries renowned private-label tweeds for both men and women (jackets, hats, scarves, suits, and more), as well as pottery, linen, crystal, and Irish-made jams, preserves, and chocolates. An upstairs café, the Weaver's Loft, serves hot food at lunchtime as well as snacks, teas, and coffees.
The only health-food shop hereabouts, Simple Simon's sells whole food, essential oils, and other whole-earth items, as well as breads and cakes from the kitchen on the premises. A small café serves herbal teas and coffee.
