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( 01-677 4009;
www.dankerantiques.com
; 4-5 Royal Hibernian Way; 9.30am-5pm Mon-Sat; all city
centre)
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 antique cutlery, candle-
sticks and candelabra as well as unusual items such as potato rings - dish rings to insulate
tables from hot bowls.
HOUSE OF NAMES
IRISH CRAFTS
( 01-679 7287;
www.houseofnames.ie
; 26 Nassau St; 10am-6pm Mon-Wed, Fri & Sat, 10am-8pm Thu,
11am-6pm Sun; all city centre )
Impress your friends by serving them drinks on coasters em-
blazoned with your family's coat of arms, matching the sweatshirt you're wearing and, of
course, the glasses or mugs the drinks are served in. All this and more can be yours from
the House of Names, so long as you have a surname with Irish roots.
KNOBS & KNOCKERS
IRISH CRAFTS
( 01-671 0288;
www.knobsandknockers.ie
;
19 Nassau St; 10am-6pm Mon-Wed, Fri & Sat, 10am-8pm Thu,
11am-6pm Sun; all city centre)
Replica Georgian door knockers are a great souvenir of your
Dublin visit, but there are plenty of other souvenir door adornments to look at here.
ANGLES
JEWELLERY
( 01-679 1964; Westbury Mall, Clarendon St; 10am-6pm Mon-Wed, Fri & Sat, 10am-7pm Thu; all city
centre)
You won't find Claddagh rings or charm bracelets here, just cabinets full of hand-
made, contemporary Irish jewellery, most of it by up-and-coming Dublin craftspeople.
Commissions are taken and can be sent on to you abroad.
APPLEBY
JEWELLERY
( 01-679 9572; 5-6 Johnson's Ct; 9.30am-5.30pm Mon-Wed & Fri, 9.30am-7pm Thu, 9.30am-6pm Sat; all
city centre)
The best known of the jewellery shops that line narrow Johnson's Ct, Appleby is
renowned for the high quality of its gold and silver jewellery, which tends towards more
conventional designs. This is the place for serious stuff - diamond rings, sapphire-encrus-
ted cufflinks and Raymond Weil watches.
BARRY DOYLE DESIGN JEWELLERS
JEWELLERY
