(Bibliotherapy)
My favourite occupation when visiting a new town is to seek out independent bookshops. I’m sure there are other readers and writers like me, who will also appreciate this list. Hope so anyway.
Where would we writers and readers be without bookshops and their amazing owners?
Academy Books Southgate, Drogheda, Ireland: website
An Siopa Leabhar, Dublin, Ireland: website
Antonia’s Bookstore, Trim, Ireland: website
Bandon Books, Bandon, Ireland: facebook
Banner Books, Ennistymon, Ireland: website
Bantry Bookshop, Bantry, Ireland: website
Barker & Jones, Naas, Ireland: website
Bell Book And Candle, Galway, Ireland: facebook
The Book Centre, Kilkenny, Ireland: website
The Book Centre, Waterford, Ireland: website
The Book Centre, Wexford, Ireland: website
The Book Lady, Roscommon, Ireland: facebook
The BOOK MARKet, Kells, Ireland: website
The Book Well, Belfast, Northern Ireland: website
Bookends, Bangor, Northern Ireland: website
Bookmarket, Clonmel, Ireland: website
Books At One, Letterfrack, Ireland: website
Books On The Green, Dublin, Ireland: facebook
Books Upstairs, Dublin, Ireland: facebook
Bookstór, Kinsale, Ireland: facebook
Bookworm Bookshop, Thurles, Ireland: website
Bridge Books, Dromore, Northern Ireland: facebook
Bridge Street Books, Wicklow, Ireland: website
Charlie Byrnes Bookshop, Galway, Ireland: website
An Café Liteartha, Dingle, Ireland: website
The Campus Bookshop, Dublin, Ireland: website
Chapters Bookstore, Dublin, Ireland: website
The Clifden Bookshop, Galway, Ireland: website
Clonakilty Bookshop, Clonakilty, Ireland: facebook
The Company Of Books, Dublin, Ireland: website
P Commane Book Shop, Tralee, Ireland: website
Crescent Book Shop, Dooradoyle, Ireland: facebook
De Burca Rare Books, Dublin, Ireland: website
Dingle Bookshop, Dingle, Ireland: website
The Dragon’s Quill Bookstore, Dromara, Ireland: website
The Ennis Bookshop, Ennis, Ireland: website
Farrell and Nephew Bookstore, Newbridge, Ireland: website
Fermoy Books, Fermoy, Ireland: facebook
Fitz-Geralds Bookshop, Macroom, Ireland: facebook
The Flying Poet, Kinsale, Ireland: website
Four Masters Bookshop, Donegal, Ireland: facebook
Foyle Books, Derry, Northern Ireland: facebook
Gadái Dubh Books, Ballymakeera, Ireland: facebook
Kevin Gildeas Brilliant Bookshop, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland: facebook
The Gutter Bookshop, Dalkey, Ireland: website
The Gutter Bookshop, Temple Bar, Ireland: website
Halfway Up The Stairs, Greystones, Ireland: website
Hampton Books, Dublin, Ireland
(if anyone has a website/facebook/twitter/insta for them it would be appreciated)
Alan Hanna’s Bookshop, Dublin, Ireland: website
John’s Bookshop, Westmeath, Ireland: website
Just Books, Mullingar, Ireland: website
Kenmare Book Shop, Kenmare, Ireland: facebook
Kennys Bookshop & Art Galleries, Galway City, Ireland: website
Kerrs Bookshop, Clonakilty, Ireland: facebook
Khans Books, Kilkenny, Ireland: website
Last Bookshop, Dublin, Ireland: website
Liber Bookshop, Sligo, Ireland: website
The Library Project, Dublin, Ireland: website
McLoughlins Bookshop, Westport, Ireland: website
Manor Books, Malahide, Ireland: facebook
Marrowbone Books, Dublin, Ireland: website
The Maynooth Bookshop, Maynooth, Ireland: website
Midland Books, Tullamore, Ireland: website
Midleton Books, Midleton, Ireland: facebook
The Nenagh Bookshop, Nenagh, Ireland: website
No Alibis, Belfast, Northern Ireland: website
O’Mahony’s Booksellers, Limerick, Ireland: website
Pangur Bán Bookshop, Ballina, Ireland:
(if anyone has a website/facebook/twitter/insta for them it would be appreciated)
Philip’s Bookshop, Mallow, Ireland: website
Prim’s Bookshop, Kinsale, Ireland:
The Plot Thickens, Derry, Northern Ireland: facebook
Quay Books, Limerick, Ireland: website
Rathfarnham Book Shop, Dublin, Ireland: twitter
The Reading Room, Carrick on Shannon, Ireland: website
Red Books, Wexford, Ireland: website
Roe River Books, Dundalk, Ireland: website
The Salmon Bookshop & Literary Centre, Ennistimon, Ireland: website
Scéal Eile Books, Ennis, Ireland: website
The Secret Bookshelf, Carrickfergus, Ireland: website
T Sheehy & Sons, Cookstown, Northern Ireland: facebook
Sheelagh na Gig Bookshop, Cloughjordan, Ireland: website
The Skerries Bookshop, Skerries, Ireland: website
Tertulia Bookshop, Westport, Ireland: website
The Time Traveller’s Bookshop, Skibbereen, Ireland: facebook
Ulysses Rare Books, Dublin, Ireland: website
Universal Books, Letterkenny, Ireland: facebook
Vibes and Scribes, Cork, Ireland: website
The Village Bookshop, Greystones, Ireland: website
The Village Bookshop, Terenure, Ireland: website
The Winding Stair, Dublin, Ireland: website
Woodbine Books, Kilcullen, Ireland: website
Woulfes Bookshop, Listowel, Ireland: website
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