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( 01-677 7066;
www.kilkennyshop.com
; 6 Nassau St; 8.30am-7pm Mon-Wed & Fri, 8.30am-8pm Thu,
8.30am-6pm Sat, 10am-6pm Sun)
A large, long-running repository for contemporary, innovative
Irish crafts, including multicoloured, modern Irish knits, designer clothing, Orla Kiely
bags and lovely silver jewellery. The glassware and pottery is beautiful and sourced from
workshops around the country. A great place to buy presents.
CATHACH BOOKS
( 01-671 8676;
www.rarebooks.ie
; 10 Duke St; 9.30am-5.45pm Mon-Sat)
Our favourite bookshop in
the city stocks a rich and remarkable collection of Irish-interest books, with a particular
emphasis on 20th-century literature and a large selection of first editions, including rare
ones by the big guns: Joyce, Yeats, Beckett and Wilde.
BOOKS
COSTUME
( 01-679 5200;
www.costumedublin.ie
;
10 Castle Market)
Costume is considered a genuine pacesetter
by Dublin's fashionistas; it has exclusive contracts with some of Europe's most innovative
designers, such as Isabel Marant and Anna Sui. It also has the city's best range of
Tempereley and American Retro. Local designers include Helen James, whose Japanese-
influenced obis are enormously popular, and Leighlee.
CLOTHING
MAGILLS
( 01-671 3830; 14 Clarendon St; 9.30am-5.45pm Mon-Sat; all city centre)
With its characterful old
facade and tiny dark interior Magills' old-world charm reminds you how Clarendon St
must have once looked. At this family-run place, you get the distinct feeling that every
Irish and French cheese, olive oil, packet of Italian pasta and salami was hand-picked.
FOOD
DUBRAY BOOKS
( 01-677 5568; 36 Grafton St; 9am-7pm Mon-Wed & Sat, 9am-9pm Thu & Fri, 11am-6pm Sun)
Three
roomy 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 compete with its larger,
British-owned rivals, but it holds its own with a helpful staff and a lovely atmosphere that
encourages you to linger.
BOOKS
HODGES FIGGIS
BOOKS
