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Top 18 shops in Ireland

18 shops worth a visit in Ireland, from grand department stores and markets to historic specialists and local makers.

18 shops

  1. 1
    Market

    English Market

    Cork

    Covered food market trading since 1788 under a Victorian roof, famed for local produce and fishmongers.

  2. 2
    Department store

    Brown Thomas

    Dublin

    Ireland's leading luxury department store, on Dublin's Grafton Street.

  3. 3
    Shopping street & arcade

    Grafton Street

    Dublin

    Pedestrianised main shopping street linking Trinity College and St Stephen's Green, known for its buskers.

  4. 4
    Shopping street & arcade

    Powerscourt Townhouse Centre

    Dublin

    Shopping centre inside an eighteenth-century Georgian townhouse with craft, fashion and antiques shops.

  5. 5
    Department store

    Arnotts

    Dublin

    Dublin's oldest and largest department store, trading on Henry Street since 1843.

  6. 6
    Shopping street & arcade

    George's Street Arcade

    Dublin

    Victorian red-brick covered market of 1881 with independent stalls selling books, vintage and food.

  7. 7
    Books & music

    Hodges Figgis

    Dublin

    Bookshop on Dawson Street tracing its roots to 1768 and mentioned in Joyce's Ulysses.

  8. 8
    Food & drink

    Bewley's Grafton Street

    Dublin

    Historic café and tea merchant of 1927 with Harry Clarke stained-glass windows.

  9. 9
    Market

    Moore Street Market

    Dublin

    Long-standing open-air street market known for fruit, vegetable and flower traders.

  10. 10
    Crafts & makers

    Kilkenny Shop

    Dublin

    Store on Nassau Street facing Trinity College, showcasing Irish crafts, ceramics, knitwear and design.

  11. 11
    Antiques & vintage

    Francis Street

    Dublin

    Street in the Liberties with a concentration of antique dealers and interiors shops.

  12. 12
    Crafts & makers

    Avoca Kilmacanogue

    Kilmacanogue

    Flagship store of the Irish craft brand, whose weaving mill in Avoca village dates from 1723.

  13. 13
    Crafts & makers

    House of Waterford Crystal

    Waterford

    Crystal factory and showroom where visitors watch glass being blown, cut and engraved.

  14. 14
    Market

    Galway Market

    Galway

    Weekend street market beside St Nicholas' Collegiate Church selling food, crafts and produce.

  15. 15
    Historic shop

    Thomas Dillon's Claddagh Gold

    Galway

    Jeweller making Claddagh rings since 1750, with a small museum of the ring's history.

  16. 16
    Food & drink

    Sheridans Cheesemongers

    Galway

    Pioneering cheesemonger championing Irish farmhouse cheeses, founded at Galway market.

  17. 17
    Books & music

    Charlie Byrne's Bookshop

    Galway

    Rambling independent bookshop of new, second-hand and rare books in Galway's Latin Quarter.

  18. 18
    Fashion & design

    Magee 1866

    Donegal

    Family tweed business in Donegal Town, weaving and tailoring Donegal tweed since 1866.

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