Must-see shopping in Dublin

  • A close-up of Claddagh Records sign, Temple Bar

    Claddagh Records

    Temple Bar

    An excellent collection of good-quality traditional and folk music is the mainstay at this centrally located record shop. The profoundly knowledgable…

  • Avoca outside sign from across the road

    Avoca Handweavers

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Combining clothing, homewares, a basement food hall and an excellent top-floor cafe, Avoca promotes a stylish but homey brand of modern Irish life – and…

  • Gutter Bookshop

    Gutter Bookshop

    Temple Bar

    Taking its name from Oscar Wilde's famous line from Lady Windermere's Fan – 'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' – this…

  • The shopfront of the Irish Design Shop

    Irish Design Shop

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Beautiful, imaginatively crafted items – from jewellery to kitchenware – carefully curated by owners Clare Grennan and Laura Caffrey. If you're looking…

  • Sheridan's Cheesemongers

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    If heaven were a cheese shop, this would be it. Wooden shelves are laden with rounds of farmhouse cheeses, sourced from around the country by Kevin and…

  • Chupi

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Exceptional modern jewellery inspired by the Irish landscape and worn by all the city's style fiends. The pretty shop also stocks Irish-designed clothing…

  • Vintage joy at Lucy's Lounge

    Lucy's Lounge

    Temple Bar

    Go through the upstairs boutique and you’ll find a staircase to an Aladdin’s basement of vintage goodies. You can easily while away an hour or two here…

  • George's Street Arcade

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Dublin's best nonfood market is sheltered within an elegant Victorian Gothic arcade. Apart from shops and stalls selling new and old clothes, secondhand…

  • The entrance inside George's Arcade

    Barry Doyle Design Jewellers

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Goldsmith Barry Doyle's upstairs shop is one of the best of its kind in Dublin. The handmade jewellery – using white gold, silver, and some truly gorgeous…

  • Shelves of rare books, including James Joyce's death mask in the corner

    Ulysses Rare Books

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Our favourite bookshop in the city stocks a rich and remarkable collection of Irish-interest books, with a particular emphasis on 20th-century literature…

  • The colourful entrance to Jam Art Factory, Temple Bar

    Jam Art Factory

    Temple Bar

    This quirky little shop is a good bet for souvenirs. ICrammed full of Irish art and design, you can expect everything. Look for nostalgic gifts from Irish…

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    Article

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Beautiful tableware and decorative home accessories all made by Irish designers. Ideal for unique, tasteful gifts that you won't find elsewhere.

  • Cow's Lane Designer Mart

    Temple Bar

    A real market for hipsters, on the steps of Cow's Lane, this market brings together over 60 of the best clothing, accessory and craft stalls in town. It's…

  • Brown Thomas

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Soak up the Jo Malone–laden rarefied atmosphere of Dublin's most exclusive shop, where presentation is virtually artistic. Here you'll find fantastic…

  • Dublin Food Co-op

    Dublin

    From dog food to detergent, everything in this member-owned co-op is organic and/or ecofriendly. Thursday has a limited selection of local and imported…

  • Design Tower

    Dublin

    Housed in a 19th-century sugar refinery that was Dublin's first iron-structured building, this seven-storey design centre houses studios for around 20…

  • Weir & Son's

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    The largest jeweller in Ireland, this huge shop on Grafton St first opened in 1869 and still has its original wooden cabinets and a workshop on the…

  • Appleby

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    The best known of the jewellery shops that line narrow Johnson's Ct, Appleby is renowned for the high quality of its gold and silver jewellery, which…

  • Powerscourt Townhouse

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    This absolutely gorgeous and stylish centre is in a carefully refurbished Georgian townhouse, built between 1741 and 1744. These days it's best known for…

  • Winding Stair

    North of the Liffey

    This handsome old bookshop is in a ground-floor room when once upon a time it occupied the whole building, which is now given over to an excellent…

  • Kilkenny Shop

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    A large, long-running repository for contemporary, innovative Irish crafts, including multicoloured modern Irish knits, designer clothing and lovely…

  • Space Out Sister

    Dublin

    This utterly charming lingerie shop focuses on vintage and handmade pieces—think chiffon '60s nightgowns and men's silk pyjamas. The tiny shop feels more…

  • Louis Copeland

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Dublin's answer to the famed tailors of London's Savile Row, this shop makes fabulous suits to measure, and stocks plenty of ready-to-wear suits by…

  • Parfumarija

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    The charming and passionate staff at Parfumarija won't rest until you've found a scent you love, but they are surprisingly non-pushy. They specialise in…

  • Flip, Sharpsville & Helter Skelter

    Temple Bar

    Three shops in one all selling the same vintage male fashion moods of the 1950s, from Rebel Without a Cause–style leathers to Hawaiian shirts. Downstairs…

  • Arnott’s

    North of the Liffey

    Occupying a huge block with entrances on Henry, Liffey and Abbey Sts, this is our favourite of Dublin’s department stores. It stocks virtually everything,…

  • Design Centre

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Mostly dedicated to Irish designer womenswear, featuring well-made classic suits, evening wear and knitwear. Irish labels include Jill De Burca, Philip…

  • Marrowbone Books

    Dublin

    This charming neighbourhood shop is everything independent bookstores should be; cosy, inviting, run by passionate bibliophiles and a treasure trove of…

  • Om Diva

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    There are three floors of funky fashion in this cosy spot on Drury St – well-curated vintage in the basement, cutting-edge Irish design upstairs and…

  • Siopaella Design Exchange

    Temple Bar

    A secondhand shop like no other in Dublin, with racks upon racks of excellent vintage clothing. There's another branch on Wicklow St, which specialises…

  • Loulerie

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Owner Louise Stokes learned her craft in New York, and has since returned with an unerring eye for finding that individual piece of jewellery – rings,…

  • Claddagh Records

    Temple Bar

    The sister shop of the long-established branch in the heart of Temple Bar, this store has a small but still excellent collection of traditional Irish and…

  • MoMuse

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Exquisite modern jewellery by designer Margaret O'Rourke, with many of the pieces finished in this lovely boutique on the ground floor of Powerscourt…

  • Costume

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Costume is considered a genuine pacesetter by Dublin's fashionistas; it has exclusive contracts with innovative designers such as Vivetta, Isabel Marant,…

  • April and the Bear

    Dublin

    This quirky homewares store moved from Temple Bar to Rathmines in April 2019, and is the place to go if you fancy a mounted dinosaur head or a monkey lamp…

  • Siopaella

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Specialising in luxury secondhand clothing and accessories, Siopaella is the place to nab pre-loved designer goods at a reasonable price—think Hermés…

  • Stokes Books

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    A small bookshop specialising in Irish history books, both old and new. Other titles, covering a range of subjects, include a number of beautiful old,…

  • Scout

    Temple Bar

    Owner Wendy carefully selects every item of clothing from Irish and international labels including Armor Lux and Manley, plus accessories by Baggu and…

  • Cow's Lane Designer Mart

    Temple Bar

    The winter home of the Cow's Lane market features the same clothing, crafts and accessories – just under a solid roof.

  • Knobs & Knockers

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Replica Georgian door knockers are a great souvenir of your Dublin visit, and there are plenty of other souvenir door adornments to look at here too.