County Down Crafts is an independent self-funding voluntary organisation formed in April 1997 by a group of craftworkers to promote the interests of its members through the development of the craft industry. The group's membership is not limited to County Down and we currently have members from different areas through out Ireland.

Activities: Every month we publish a Bulletin to keep members informed about news, group events, craft fairs, competitions, exhibitions and business opportunities.

If you have any information which you would like us to include in the bulletin contact:
Gail Kelly at gail@alganarts.com

We organise and run two major craft fairs each year, at Narrow Water Castle at Christmas and at Castlewellan Forest Park on Easter Monday. We hold a major selling exhibition each year showing innovative and high quality craft work. We organise events to both educate, entertain and enable networking. These include members evenings on topics such as photographing your work and social events such as a Christmas dinner and summer barbecue. We have established this web site to collectively promote the work of the group and individual members.

If you would like further information regarding inclusion in the web site or if you wish to up date information links ect. please forward information to Karen Shannon at karen@karenshannon.co.uk

If you would like to become a member of County Down Crafts contact Gail Kelly at gail@alganarts.com