Must-see shopping in Dublin

  • Nowhere

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Men's clothing and accessories with a streetwear and sports vibe. It operates an extensive online shop, too.

  • Find

    Temple Bar

    A cute little hodge-podge of Irish-designed homewares, scented candles and vintage furniture.

  • Interior of St Stephen's Green shopping centre.

    St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    A 1980s version of a 19th-century shopping arcade; the dramatic, balconied interior and central courtyard are a bit too grand for the nondescript chain…

  • Folkster shop facade

    Folkster

    Temple Bar

    This surprisingly affordable independent boutique stocks a blend of cool clothing and funky homewares. The clothes here are mainly smart casual with sleek…

  • Aran Sweater Market

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    If your trip isn’t bringing you west, this is the best place in Dublin to pick up a timeless icon of Irish craft. All items are handknitted (although not…

  • O'Sullivan Antiques

    Dublin

    Fine furniture and furnishings from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras are the speciality of this respected antiques shop (which also has a branch…

  • Penney’s

    North of the Liffey

    Ireland’s cheapest department store is a northside favourite, a place to find all kinds of everything without paying a fortune for it – it’s the best…

  • Urban Outfitters

    Temple Bar

    With a blaring techno soundtrack, the Temple Bar branch of this American chain sells ridiculously cool clothes to discerning young buyers. Besides…

  • Dubray Books

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Three floors devoted to bestsellers, recent releases, coffee-table books and a huge travel section make this one of the better bookshops in town. It can't…

  • House of Names

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Impress your friends by serving them drinks on coasters emblazoned with your family's coat of arms, matching the sweatshirt you're wearing and, of course,…

  • Rhinestones

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Exceptionally fine antique and quirky costume jewellery from the 1920s to 1970s, with pieces priced from €25 to €2000. Victorian jet, 1950s enamel, art…

  • Danker Antiques

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Chock-full of exquisite treasures, this shop specialises in Irish and English antique silver, jewellery and objets d'art. You can find period suites of…

  • Designyard

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    A high-end, craft-as-art shop where everything you see – glass, batik, sculpture, painting – is one-off and handmade in Ireland. It also showcases…

  • Hodges Figgis

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    The mother of all Dublin bookshops has books on every conceivable subject for every kind of reader spread across four huge floors, including a substantial…

  • Moore Street Market

    North of the Liffey

    A shadow of its vibrant former self, this is the most traditional of Dublin street markets. You can get fruit, fish and flowers, while other vendors hawk…

  • Martin Fennelly Antiques

    Dublin

    One of the best-known antiques dealers on Francis St is Martin Fennelly, who specialises in household items ranging from candlesticks and tea caddies to…

  • Oxfam Home

    Dublin

    They say charity begins at home, so get rummaging among the veneer cast-offs in this furniture branch of the charity chain where you might stumble across…

  • Great Outdoors

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    This is Dublin's best outdoors store, with gear for hiking, camping, surfing, mountaineering, swimming and more. Fleeces, tents, inflatable dinghies,…

  • Eason’s

    North of the Liffey

    The biggest selection of magazines and foreign newspapers in the whole country can be found on the ground floor of this huge bookshop near the GPO, along…

  • Westbury Mall

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Wedged between the five-star Westbury Hotel and the expensive jewellery stores of Johnson's Ct, this small mall has a handful of pricey, specialist shops…

  • Jenny Vander

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    This secondhand shop oozes elegance and sophistication. Discerning fashionistas and film stylists snap up the exquisite beaded handbags, fur-trimmed coats…

  • Dublin City Gallery – Hugh Lane Shop

    North of the Liffey

    A cultural playground for adults, where you can dig out cubist fridge magnets, huge po-mo hanging mobiles, masterpiece colour-by-number prints, cloth…

  • Alias Tom

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    Excellent designer menswear shop, where friendly staff guide you through casuals by bling labels Burberry, Prada and whatever else makes for a classy fit…

  • Industry

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    High-end homewares and accessories are the stock at this super-cool independently owned design shop, where you can pick up everything from kids' booties…

  • Temple Bar Book Market

    Temple Bar

    Bad secondhand potboilers, sci-fi, picture books and other assorted titles invite you to rummage about on weekend afternoons. If you look hard enough, you…

  • Harlequin

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    A fantastically cluttered shop, jam-packed with authentic vintage clothing gems from the 1920s onwards, as well as satin gloves, top hats, snakeskin bags…

  • Heraldic Artists

    Dublin

    Hand-painted heraldic plaques and scrolls, as well as an extensive research facility on genealogy, with plenty of books to aid both professional and…

  • Dundrum Town Centre

    Dublin

    Modern Ireland's grandest retail cathedral is this huge shopping and entertainment complex in the southern suburb of Dundrum. Over 100 retail outlets are…

  • Chester Beatty Library Gift Shop

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    A wonderful little gift shop, with postcards, books, posters and other memorabilia of this extraordinary museum.

  • Jervis Centre

    North of the Liffey

    This modern, domed mall is a veritable shrine to the British chain store. Boots, Topshop, New Look, Argos, M&S and Superdrug all get a look in.

  • Rory's Fishing Tackle

    Temple Bar

    Temple Bar's most famous shop is also its most incongruous: there's not a huge demand in these parts for tackle and fishing equipment.

  • All City Records

    Temple Bar

    Vinyl in all genres, especially EDM, hip-hop and alternative beats. It also sells spray paint for graffiti artists.

  • Tamp & Stitch

    Temple Bar

    The latest midrange fashions and a trendy little cafe doing nearly perfect coffee.

  • Louis Copeland

    North of the Liffey

    A branch of the fashionable men's designer store. Dublin's answer to Savile Row.

  • Victoria's Secret

    Grafton Street & St Stephen's Green

    This branch of the well-known American lingerie store opened in December 2017.

  • Library Project

    Temple Bar

    A bookshop and library of contemporary images from all over the world.

  • Connolly Books

    Temple Bar

    Left-wing bookshop beloved of Marxists and radicals.