Thomas Street and the surrounding Liberties streets have been a market district since medieval times, and traces of that tradition survive in the street trading that still takes place along the main spine. Stalls selling fresh produce, secondhand goods, and cut-price household items line the pavements on weekdays.
The area around Liberty Market on Meath Street is the densest concentration of traditional street trading in central Dublin. It's a genuine working-class market rather than a tourist attraction, which gives it a different character from the artisan food markets that have proliferated elsewhere in the city.