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SHOPPING
Some of the most interesting, and wackiest, shopping is done along Francis St in the
Liberties, home of art dealers and antiquarians of every hue.
DUBLIN FOOD CO-OP
MARKET
(
www.dublinfoodcoop.com
;
12 Newmarket; 2-8pm Thu, 9.30am-4.30pm Sat; 49, 54A & 77X from city centre)
From dog food to detergent, everything in this market hall is organic and/or eco-friendly.
Thursdays has a limited selection of local and imported fairtrade products, but Saturday is
when it's all on display - Dubliners from all over drop in for their responsible weekly shop.
There's an on-the-premises baker and even baby-changing facilities.
FLEURY ANTIQUES
( 01-473 0878; 57 Francis St; 9.30am-6pm Mon-Sat; 123, 206 or 51B from city centre)
This blue-fron-
ted antiques shop does a steady connoisseur's trade in all manner of oil paintings (there's
something for virtually every taste), vases, candelabras, silverware, porcelain and decorat-
ive pieces from the 18th century right up to the 1930s.
ANTIQUES
O'SULLIVAN ANTIQUES
( 01-454 1143; 43-44 Francis St; 10am-5pm Mon-Sat; 123, 206 or 51B from city centre)
Fine furniture
and furnishings from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras are the speciality of this
respected antiques shop, where a rummage might also reveal some distinctive bits of
ceramic and crystal, not to mention medals and uniforms from a bygone era that will win
you first prize at the costume ball.
ANTIQUES
OXFAM HOME
( 01-402 0555; 86 Francis St; 10am-5.30pm Mon-Fri, to 1pm Sat; 123, 206 or 51B from city centre)
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 the odd 1960s Subbuteo table
or art-deco dresser. Esoteric vinyl from the '80s is another speciality of the house.
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