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Exit at the Drury St side and cross onto Castle Market, stopping to browse the high-end women's fashions in
Costume
or, if you prefer, the vintage secondhand clothing of
Harlequin
next door or
Jenny Vander
back around the corner on Drury St.
From Castle Market, cross South William St and enter the
Powerscourt Townhouse Shopping Centre
(
Click here
)
, the city's most elegant retail space - inside you'll find cafes, restaurants and a host of wonderful
shops, including Article, for homewares and gifts; Bow Boutique, which is run by Irish designers; and, on the top
floor, the Design Centre, a top-end boutique.
With arms laden with shopping bags exit the centre back onto South William St and walk south, taking the first
left onto Coppinger Row. If it's Thursday, this narrow lane will be lined with
stalls
selling delicious produce
and ready-made goodies; if not,
Coppinger Row restaurant
(
Click here
) is a great spot for a little lunch re-
fuelling.
Continue east and cross Clarendon St. At the corner with Johnson's Court is
Magills
, a proper old-fash-
ioned grocer selling cheeses and cold cuts. On Johnson's Court itself, the southern side is lined with jewellery
stores, including
Appleby
; you'll surely find something sparkly worth coveting in the elegant window dis-
plays.
Take a left on Grafton St - if you like, you can stop for coffee at the historic
Bewley's
on the corner. Turn
right onto Duke St: about 150 yards down on your left is
Cathach Books
, the city's most illustrious book-
seller, where for the price of a small house you can get your hands on a first edition folio of James Joyce's
Ulysses
(as well as a host of other books). If you want more recently published books, the biggest bookshop in
town is
Hodges Figgis
, around the corner on Dawson St.
From here walk down to Nassau St and take a right;
Blarney Woollen Mills
(
Click here
) is immediately
on your right if you're looking for classic and contemporary Irish woollens; while, further down on the same side
is the famous
Kilkenny Shop
, which has all kinds of locally produced handicrafts, knits, glassware and sil-
verware.
If you still need to pick up some typically Irish gifts, retrace your tracks back along Nassau St, stopping at
House of Names
where you can get coasters with your family's coat of arms, and
Knobs & Knockers
(
Click
here
), for that replica Georgian door handle that will go perfectly with your city centre apartment! And finish
your walk in sight of Dublin's most famous retailer,
Molly Malone
, a statue of which stands at the bottom of
Grafton St.
