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…
Must-see shopping in Ireland
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…
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…
Aran Islands
At Kilronan's main crossroads, this eclectic shop stocks souvenirs from T-shirts to stained glass and Celtic-design jewellery, and screens the iconic film…
Temple Bar
With a blaring techno soundtrack, the Temple Bar branch of this American chain sells ridiculously cool clothes to discerning young buyers. Besides…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Galway City
A large Dunne's supermarket is the centrepiece of this shopping centre ,which features more than 70 shops and chain-food outlets.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Killarney
Interesting local craftwork, including jewellery and pottery, are stocked alongside touristy wares (shamrock aprons and mugs) at Brícín, which also houses…
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…
Inishowen Peninsula
Local semiprecious stones are transformed into lovely jewellery and unusual gifts by Petra Watzka at her workshop, 100m uphill from the ferry – check the…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
County Clare
Lahinch Bookshop stocks hiking maps for the nearby Burren, as well as fiction and nonfiction for when the swell's not running.
Cork City
Cork's biggest selection of arts and crafts materials, for everything from knitting and crochet to sculpture and calligraphy.
Cork City
Lots of magazines, a decent selection of Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI) hiking maps, and good stationery on the 2nd floor.
Tralee
Tralee's farmers market sprawls along Prince's St on Saturdays, with stalls selling local produce, seafood and crafts.
County Clare
Independent Ennis Bookshop has a strong kids' section, general fiction and nonfiction, and a vast range of stationery.
Temple Bar
Vinyl in all genres, especially EDM, hip-hop and alternative beats. It also sells spray paint for graffiti artists.
Killarney
This secondhand bookshop is hidden above a newsagent (take the stairs at the back of the shop).
The Midlands
Near the site's entrance, this large, seasonal gift shop sells souvenirs along with ice creams.
County Clare
In a dramatic surfside location, Lahinch Surf Shop sells boards, clothing and accessories.
