Thriftmas Market | Tíosmhargadh na Nollag

The SU Thriftmas Market is back 11am-3pm Thursday 4th of December 2025 in Áras na Mac Léinn.

Call down for a well-deserved study break and maybe get a start on your Christmas shopping or just treat yourself!

There’s lots going on to get you feeling festive!

  • Galway Simon Community will have a pop-up Second Hand Clothes shop in the Cube downstairs in Áras na Mac Léinn. You can also drop off donation items to them if you are doing a pre-Christmas clear out (see list below of what they can/can’t take)
  • In the foyer of Áras na Mac Léinn we will have University of Galway student vendors selling prints, cards, books, earrings, crystals, stickers, candles, jewellery, crafts, clothes, literary journals, ornaments, hot chocolate and more!
  • Flirt FM will be playing Christmas tunes and your SU Officers will be selling Big Yellow Thing Socks and Christmas Raffle Tickets to raise funds for the SU Charities!
  • We will also be taking donations for our Hygiene Hub Christmas donation appeal.

For more information on some of the student vendors at the event click their links and give them a like and follow here:

ROPESLiterary Journal
Earth and MoonCrystals, incense, jewellery, handmade tealights and stickers.  
Randomly MarbledEarrings made from recycled broken necklace/beads and button rings  
Wild ArtlanticPainted canvases, surfing fins and skate boards
Arp PoetryPoetry book ‘Thoughts From A Teenage Mind’
TrócaireJewellery from Malawi, wooden ornaments from Bethlehem and Christmas cards.
Eastern European SocietyClothes

Donate to the Galway Simon Community Collection Day 11am-3pm Thursday 4th of December in The Large Acoustic Room downstairs in Áras na Mac Léinn

What they CAN’T take

  • CDs / DVDs
  • Electrical Equipment
  • Children’s + Baby Equipment
  • Flooring
  • Toys
  • Duvets/Pillows
  • Mattresses
  • Curtain Poles
  • Exercise Equipment

What they CAN take

  • Clothing
  • Sheets
  • Duvet/Pillow Covers
  • Towels
  • Hats, scarfs and gloves.
  • All types of shoes
  • Books but not college books.
  • Kitchen utensils
  • Jewellery
  • Jigsaws and boxed games