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- Dubarry of Ireland Ballinasloe, Ireland
Founded 1937 in Ballinasloe as a co-operative to create local jobs, named after Madame du Barry; in the early 1990s it became the first brand with a GORE-TEX licence for leather sailing boots, forerunner of the Galway boot. store page → · open in the atlas → - Thomas Dillon's Claddagh Gold Quay Street, Latin Quarter
Trading from Quay Street since 1750, this is the workshop that first cast the Claddagh ring, and a small back-room museum shows some of the oldest surviving examples. The family still makes rings, brooches and pendants in sterling silver and 9, 14 and 18 carat gold. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- Bradley's North Main Street
Daniel Bradley opened Cork's first dairy at 82 North Main Street in 1850, and five generations on the family shop trades as an off-licence and grocer. The shelves carry Irish craft beer stocked since 2000, whiskey with many limited editions, natural and biodynamic wine, and local cheese, bread and preserves. store page → · open in the atlas → - Cleo Ltd Kildare Street
Cleo has sold Irish knitwear and textiles from Kildare Street since Kit Ryan founded it in 1936, run today by the third generation of the Joyce family. The rails hold hand-knits and hand-weaves in undyed wool and linen from small Irish makers. store page → · open in the atlas → - Fallers of Galway Williamsgate Street
Stephen Faller opened his Galway jewellers in 1879, and the shop on Williamsgate Street has made Claddagh and Celtic rings ever since. In 1963 the family presented Claddagh rings to John and Jacqueline Kennedy during their visit to Ireland. store page → · open in the atlas → - Hodges Figgis 56-58 Dawson Street, Dublin
Ireland's oldest bookshop — est. 1768, four floors of books. Joyce worked nearby and would have known this shop. A literary pilgrimage. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kevin & Howlin Dublin City Centre
Dublin tailors founded in 1936 by Jim Kevin and Michael Howlin at 39 Nassau Street; since 1973 run by the Kevin family from 31 Nassau Street as a specialist in handwoven Donegal tweed jackets, coats, hats and countrywear. store page → · open in the atlas → - McCambridge's of Galway Shop Street
A family food hall on Shop Street since 1925, McCambridge's stocks Irish farmhouse cheeses, chocolates, wines and deli provisions downstairs with a restaurant above. Four generations have run the shop, now known for its own-label preserves and hampers. store page → · open in the atlas → - O'Mahony's Booksellers 120 O'Connell Street, Limerick
O'Mahony's has sold books from its O'Connell Street shop since 1902, run across generations by the O'Mahony family and now trading as Ireland's largest independent bookseller. The store carries a dedicated Irish-interest department alongside cookery, sport and children's sections, and regularly hosts author events and book launches. store page → · open in the atlas → - Peterson of Dublin Dublin / Ireland
Peterson's origins run back to 1865, when German immigrant brothers Friedrich and Heinrich Kapp opened a pipe-making shop, Kapp Brothers, on Grafton Street in Dublin, working in meerschaum and briar root. store page → · open in the atlas → - Weir & Sons Grafton Street
Weir & Sons has traded from the corner of Grafton Street and Wicklow Street since 1869, its curved windows a fixture of Dublin's main shopping street. The family-run house sells fine watches and jewellery and keeps departments for antique silver, china and glass. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- CLOON KEEN 21a High Street, Dublin 2 (Powerscourt Townhouse) / Online
Independent perfumes and scented candles composed and hand-poured in Galway, sold through the Dublin boutique. store page → · open in the atlas → - CLOTH Dublin 15 Westbury Mall, Balfe Street, Dublin 2 / Online
Independent fabric and haberdashery shop offering sewing supplies, classes and made-to-measure services. store page → · open in the atlas → - Emerald & Wax 43 Dominick Street, Galway / Online
Women’s clothing and home pieces combining African textiles with Irish tweed and local Irish production. store page → · open in the atlas → - FLOCK 72 Benburb Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7 / Online
In a Smithfield studio on Benburb Street, founder Jamie Lewis hand-felts wool into animals and small woollen objects, blending the fleece in view of anyone who walks in. Dublin craft at its most literal — one pair of hands, one flock. store page → · open in the atlas → - INDUSTRY & CO 41a/b Drury Street, Dublin 2 / Online
Independent Dublin design retailer combining homeware, jewellery, apothecary goods and a café. store page → · open in the atlas → - Joyce's Craftshop Recess, Connemara, Online
In Recess since 1892 territory, Joyce's works Connemara's green marble into jewelry and gifts beside Aran knits and Irish craft — the true stop on the road through the twelve Bens. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kelly's Knitwear Westport / Ireland
Kelly's Tweeds & Knitwear has supported Irish manufacturers from its family-run shop on the Octagon in Westport since 1876, selling handknit sweaters, tunics, and millinery made in Ireland. The shop sells both from its Westport premises and through its online store, with many one-off pieces available only here. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mishnóc Galway / Online
Own-label leather bags and accessories handcrafted in Athenry, alongside selected leather goods. store page → · open in the atlas → - Om Diva 27 Drury Street, Dublin 2 / Online
Independent Dublin boutique presenting clothing, accessories, vintage and work by more than 50 Irish-based designers and makers. store page → · open in the atlas → - Planet Retro Vintage Galway City Centre / Online
Vintage clothing shop on Merchants Road in Galway city centre, owned by Maggie Concannon, selling unisex pieces spanning multiple decades — sweaters, dresses, jackets, coats and accessories in suede, fur, wool, leather and cashmere, priced roughly EUR120-300. store page → · open in the atlas → - Ór Jewellery Quay Street, Galway / Online
Mother-and-daughter-owned Galway jewellery retailer presenting contemporary Irish designers and selected in-house collections. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- Aran Sweater Market Ireland
Selling hand and machine-knit Aran sweaters from Irish knitters, with its original shop on Inis Mór and further stores in Galway, Killarney and Dublin; a hand-knit sweater can take a knitter up to sixty days and roughly 100,000 stitches, using undyed báinín wool in cable-stitch patterns. store page → · open in the atlas → - Inis Meáin Aran Islands, Ireland
Inis Meáin runs its own knitting factory on Ireland's Aran Islands, producing luxury Irish wool knitwear. Its collections elevate traditional gansey construction with an Italian-boutique finish, all made on the island itself. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- 3FE 32/34 Grand Canal Street Lower, Dublin
Dublin's coffee revolution leader — three-time Irish Barista Champion Colin Harmon's cafe. The flat white and filter coffee are benchmarks. The shop sells beans and equipment. store page → · open in the atlas → - 99b Concept Store Rathgar, Dublin
Family-run concept shop at 99b Rathgar Road in Rathgar Village, Dublin, trading since 2009 and selling sustainable Irish and European clothing, textiles and homeware, including Merz b. Schwanen, Nygårdsanna, Heschung and Mourne Textiles. store page → · open in the atlas → - Alice Jewellery Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Designer Alice runs this independent studio from the Kinsale coastline, taking inspiration from the local shore for a line of contemporary Irish jewellery. The studio also takes on custom commissions alongside its ready-made pieces. store page → · open in the atlas → - An Gailearai Beag Main Street, Dingle
Run by the West Kerry Craft Guild, this small Main Street gallery sells work made by member artists of the Dingle peninsula, from ceramics and textiles to prints and glass. Each piece on the shelves is produced locally by a guild member. store page → · open in the atlas → - Arbutus Bread Cork city
Declan Ryan bakes sourdough and other breads by traditional methods at this Cork artisan bakery, supplying the city and beyond as a member of Real Bread Ireland. Beyond the loaves he runs baking courses and sells home baking kits. store page → · open in the atlas → - Arnott's 12 Henry Street, Dublin
Dublin's largest department store — Irish and international brands across five floors. Recently renovated with a fantastic food hall. store page → · open in the atlas → - Article Powerscourt Townhouse, Dublin
Scandinavian design shop — furniture, lighting, and accessories. The Powerscourt location is beautiful. store page → · open in the atlas → - Avoca 11-13 Suffolk Street, Dublin
Colourful Irish lifestyle store — throws, blankets, homeware, and a food hall, with its rainbow-striped woollen blankets as a signature. store page → · open in the atlas → - Badger & Dodo Cork city centre / Fermoy
A specialty coffee roaster established in 2008, sourcing single-origin and estate beans and grading them before roasting. It runs cafes on Barrack Street and the South Mall in Cork city, with the roastery in Fermoy and a subscription and coffee academy online. store page → · open in the atlas → - Ballycotton Seafood Cork / Ballycotton
A family-owned fishmonger selling fresh fish, shellfish and its own fish smoked using traditional oak methods. The counter also offers oven-ready artisan seafood, with shops in Cork and roots in the fishing village of Ballycotton. store page → · open in the atlas → - Blacks of Kinsale Kinsale (near Cork)
Sam and Maudeline Black run this brewery and distillery at Kinsale, describing it as Ireland's first co-located brewery and distillery. They make pale ales, lager and IPAs alongside gin, vodka, whiskey and Irish rum, with a Lagoon Bar tasting room over the Bandon estuary. store page → · open in the atlas → - Books Upstairs City Centre
Dublin’s long-running independent general bookshop, with a literary café and event space.Established 1978. store page → · open in the atlas → - Bread 41 41 Pearse Street, Dublin
Former carpenter Eoin Cluskey trained at Ballymaloe before opening Bread 41 on Dublin's Pearse Street in 2018. The bakery specializes in long-fermented sourdough made with only flour, salt, and water, and has since expanded to Greystones and Stillorgan. store page → · open in the atlas → - Brian de Staic Green Street, Dingle
Jeweller Brian de Staic is known for Ogham jewellery that spells names and words in the early Irish alphabet, hand-finished at the Dingle workshop. The Green Street shop carries Celtic-inspired gold and silver made in Kerry. store page → · open in the atlas → - Bricín Restaurant & Craft Shop High Street, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
Brothers Johnny and Paddy McGuire opened Bricín on Killarney's High Street in 1991, pairing an Irish restaurant with a ground-floor craft shop. The shop stocks traditional and contemporary Irish crafts made by local Kerry craftspeople as well as makers from further afield around the country. store page → · open in the atlas → - Brookwood Pottery Marino, Dublin
A pottery studio and shop where Elaine Fallon designs and makes functional ceramics in-house. store page → · open in the atlas → - Brown Thomas Grafton Street, Dublin
Ireland's luxury department store — designer fashion, a celebrated beauty hall, and Christmas windows that are a Dublin tradition. store page → · open in the atlas → - Celtic Whiskey Shop 27-28 Dawson Street, Dublin
Dublin whiskey specialist carrying 500+ Irish and international whiskeys, with tastings, staff guidance and detailed knowledge across styles, regions and distilleries. The shop is built around helping buyers navigate the range and choose bottles that fit different tastes. store page → · open in the atlas → - Chapters Bookstore Ivy Exchange, Parnell Street, Dublin
Ireland's largest independent bookshop — huge selection, new and second-hand. Open until 10pm most nights. A Dublin institution. store page → · open in the atlas → - Charlie Byrne's Bookshop Middle Street, Latin Quarter
Charlie Byrne's fills the Cornstore on Middle Street with more than 100,000 new, secondhand, bargain and antiquarian titles, with deep sections in Irish literature and history. Founded in 1989, it has grown into a mainstay of Galway's reading life. store page → · open in the atlas → - Claddagh Records 2 Cecilia Street, Temple Bar, Dublin
Irish traditional music specialist — CDs, vinyl, and instruments. The place for trad music recordings. store page → · open in the atlas → - Cocoa Atelier Dublin
Cocoa Atelier is a Dublin chocolate house producing handmade filled chocolates, truffles and coated nuts in its city-centre atelier. The range runs from dark, milk and white chocolate drops to fruit truffles and marshmallows. store page → · open in the atlas → - Coffeeangel Various locations, Dublin
Coffeeangel has served specialty coffee from ten Dublin cafés since 2004, its beans roasted weekly by Bailies in Belfast. It donates five percent of profits to local biodiversity projects. store page → · open in the atlas → - Cork Craft and Design Douglas
A social enterprise founded in 2005 that sells the work of more than sixty Cork makers, from ceramics and jewellery to glass, woodwork, textiles and candles. Its shops include one in Douglas Court Shopping Centre, gathering Irish craft under one roof. store page → · open in the atlas → - Costume South City Markets, Dublin
A multi-brand women’s boutique carrying independent international fashion labels and accessories. The boutique was founded in 1997. store page → · open in the atlas → - Croí Kinsale Jewellery Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Jim's handcrafted jewellery shop opened in Kinsale within the last few years, working in gold and silver at a range of price points. The business combines an in-store counter offering same-day pickup with online sales to customers abroad. store page → · open in the atlas → - Cushendale Woollen Mills Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The same family has run this mill on the River Barrow in Graiguenamanagh for six generations, hand-dyeing and weaving mohair and Irish DK wool into throws, blankets, and scarves under OEKO-TEX and Responsible Wool Standard certification. The mill also spins its own yarns and turns out socks, hats, gloves, and lanolin skincare made from its wool by-products. store page → · open in the atlas → - Custom House Studios and Gallery Westport / Ireland
Custom House Studios + Gallery occupies a historic quayside building in Westport, hosting rotating solo exhibitions from contemporary Irish and international artists. The gallery is open daily with regular artist talks and workshops alongside its changing sales exhibitions. store page → · open in the atlas → - Designist 41 South Great George's Street, Dublin
Irish design shop — stationery, prints, homeware, and gifts by Irish designers. Perfect for souvenirs that aren't tacky. store page → · open in the atlas → - Dingle Bookshop Green Street, Dingle
Dingle's independent bookshop on Green Street carries new titles with a strong shelf of Irish-interest, Kerry and Irish-language writing. It hosts readings and orders in requests for a peninsula readership. store page → · open in the atlas → - Dingle Crystal Green Street, Dingle
Master cutter Sean Daly founded this family workshop in 1999, hand-cutting deep-relief crystal glassware and gifts with patterns drawn from the Dingle landscape. Visitors can watch cutting at the Green Street premises in the Gaeltacht. store page → · open in the atlas → - Dingle Distillery Dingle, Co. Kerry
Founded in 2012 in a former sawmill on the edge of Dingle town, this independent distillery makes single malt and single pot still Irish whiskey along with Dingle Gin and vodka. Bottles, cask reservations and distillery tours are offered on the Wild Atlantic Way. store page → · open in the atlas → - Dingle Pottery Shop Dingle, Co. Kerry
Potter Hedi O'Neill hand-throws functional stoneware and decorative pieces at this Dingle workshop and shop. The glazes and forms echo the colours of the surrounding peninsula and coastline. store page → · open in the atlas → - Eleven14 Coffee Annacotty Business Park, Limerick
Eleven14 roasts single-origin and blended Arabica coffee from Annacotty, founded by former Munster and Ireland winger Keith Earls after he began roasting at home with a popcorn maker. Its No.11 and No.14 lots are named for his rugby positions. store page → · open in the atlas → - EPIC Museum Gift Shop Dublin / Ireland / Online
As the final stop on the visitor route through EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, this shop sells Irish-made jewelry, homeware, books, and keepsakes sourced from small Irish designers and makers. It ships worldwide from its online store, with free gift wrapping and free delivery on larger orders within Ireland. store page → · open in the atlas → - ESL South City Centre, Dublin
A jewelry studio and shop specializing in custom work, redesigning existing pieces, and lab-grown diamonds. store page → · open in the atlas → - ESL Jewellery South City Centre
An independent Dublin jeweler specializing in custom work, redesign and contemporary fine jewelry. store page → · open in the atlas → - Folkster South City Centre, Dublin
A women’s fashion shop selling the label’s own collections, occasionwear, accessories, and selected independent brands. Stylist Blanaid Hennessy founded the business in Kilkenny in 2008. store page → · open in the atlas → - FX Buckley Dublin / Ireland
Dublin-area butcher trading since 1930 from shops in Dalkey, Deansgrange and Rathfarnham. It dry-ages beef, lamb, pork and poultry sourced from traditional breeds including Aberdeen Angus and Hereford, with next-day delivery to South County Dublin and the city centre. store page → · open in the atlas → - Galway Irish Crystal Merlin Park, Dublin Road
Galway Irish Crystal cuts glassware including whiskey tumblers and stemware at its heritage centre in Merlin Park on the Dublin Road. The Georgian-fronted building pairs the crystal showroom with homeware, jewellery and a café. store page → · open in the atlas → - George's Street Arcade South Great George's Street, Dublin
Victorian market arcade — independent shops, vintage clothing, vinyl records, and street food vendors. A covered market with real character. store page → · open in the atlas → - Glen Aine Foods (The Limerick Ham Co.) Knocklong, County Limerick
Glen Aine Foods cures and cooks Limerick ham from its plant in Knocklong, sourcing pork from Bord Bia-approved farms and continuing the county's historic "Pigtown" bacon-curing trade. Its Limerick Ham Co. range spans traditional, honey and clove, and smoked gammon, and has picked up awards at the Great Taste Awards and Blas na hEireann. store page → · open in the atlas → - Glenalbyn Whiskey Shop Howth, Dublin
Howth's whiskey shop — independent bottlings and rare Irish expressions. The knowledgeable owner is passionate about small distilleries. store page → · open in the atlas → - Greenlane Gallery Holyground, Dingle
This Dingle gallery represents established and emerging Irish painters and sculptors, showing landscape and figurative work in changing exhibitions. Originals and limited editions are sold from the Holyground premises and online. store page → · open in the atlas → - Helen McAlinden Creative Quarter, Dublin
An Irish designer boutique selling Helen McAlinden’s women’s clothing and accessories. Helen McAlinden established her label in 2001. store page → · open in the atlas → - IFI Film Shop Dublin / Ireland
The IFI Film Shop sits inside the Irish Film Institute, the charity that runs Ireland's national film archive on Eustace Street. It stocks Irish and international film books, archive box sets, and posters, with IFI members getting 10% off. store page → · open in the atlas → - Irish Design Loft at Powerscourt Enniskerry / Ireland
Set inside Powerscourt House in Enniskerry, the Irish Design Loft curates jewelry, homewares, and gifts made by craftspeople across Ireland, from sterling silver Celtic knot necklaces to Connemara marble whiskey rocks and Irish linen cushions. The shop is open daily from 11am to 5pm and also sells online with international shipping. store page → · open in the atlas → - Irish Design Shop Creative Quarter, Dublin
A shop presenting jewelry, textiles, ceramics, prints, woodwork, and home objects made by Irish designers and craftspeople. Clare Grennan and Laura Caffrey began the business online in 2008 and opened the physical shop in 2009. store page → · open in the atlas → - Jam Art Factory Temple Bar
An independent gallery-shop selling Irish illustration, prints, cards and design. Established 2011. store page → · open in the atlas → - Jennifer Slattery Smithfield, Dublin
A textile studio and shop selling Irish-made linens, clothing, and homewares designed by Jennifer Slattery. store page → · open in the atlas → - Jenny Vander City Centre
Ireland's oldest vintage shop, founded 1974 at 50 Drury Street, Dublin. Now run by third curator Gail Kinsella; known for ball gowns and jewelry sourced from London, Paris and the US. store page → · open in the atlas → - Jerpoint Glass Stoneyford, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Jerpoint Glass has blown Irish glass by hand at its Stoneyford studio since 1979, shaping wine carafes, glasses, and one-off gallery pieces that come out of exhibitions and experimental work. Visitors can watch glassblowers at the furnace and buy directly from the studio, open daily except limited Sunday hours. store page → · open in the atlas → - Judy Greene Pottery Cross Street / Kirwan's Lane
Judy Greene throws and hand-paints terracotta pottery decorated with Irish wildflowers such as bluebell, fuchsia and gentian, sold from shops on Cross Street and Kirwan's Lane. The shelves also carry Irish silver jewellery, scarves and craft gifts. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kathleen McAuliffe Dingle, Co. Kerry
Milliner and designer Kathleen McAuliffe has made hats, accessories and contemporary jewellery in Dingle since 1993, alongside her own encaustic wax artwork. Her shop favours ethically produced Irish accessories. store page → · open in the atlas → - KellyMarie Jewellery Green Street, Dingle
Self-taught designer KellyMarie McElligott makes sterling silver and wirework jewellery from her Green Street studio, including pieces set with locally gathered tusk shells. She opened the Dingle shop in 2019 and packs her handmade originals in linen pouches. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kenny's Bookshop and Art Galleries Liosbán, Tuam Road
Founded by Des and Maureen Kenny in 1940, this Galway bookseller handles new, secondhand and rare books alongside a gallery of contemporary Irish art and a bindery running since 1974. It moved from its long-time city-centre premises to a larger space on the Tuam Road. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kilkenny Design Kilkenny, Ireland
Kilkenny Design traces its roots to the Irish government's 1963 Kilkenny Design Workshops, which paired international craftspeople with Irish artisans and opened its first retail shop in Kilkenny city in 1965. The company remains Irish-owned, now selling Irish-made jewelry, fashion, homeware, and art from its Kilkenny store and a national network built on that original design-workshop legacy. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kilkenny Shop 6 Nassau Street, Dublin
Irish design and craft retailer carrying pottery, jewellery, textiles and homeware by Irish makers, with a broad contemporary craft selection across its shops and online. store page → · open in the atlas → - Killarney Brewing & Distilling Co. Fossa, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
Set on the Ring of Kerry road out of Killarney with views toward the MacGillycuddy's Reeks, this brewery and distillery calls itself the largest independent operation of its kind in Ireland. Its visitor centre and shop sell the house beers alongside the Red Earl and Great Earl Irish whiskeys produced on site. store page → · open in the atlas → - Killarney Celtic Jewelry Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
This family-run shop in Killarney designs and sources Celtic jewellery, including Claddagh rings and birthstone pieces, largely from local Irish artisans. Most stock is handcrafted in Killarney itself rather than bought in as ready-made inventory from a wholesaler. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kilmainham Gaol Books & Gifts Dublin / Ireland
The Kilmainham Gaol Book and Gift Shop occupies the ground floor of the Courthouse Visitor Centre and can be visited without a museum ticket, and it also sells online at kilmainhamgaolbooks.ie. It stocks books tied to the site's history as a 19th- and 20th-century Irish prison alongside general gift items. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kinsale Crystal Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Kinsale Crystal has run its crystal-glass shop and shipping operation in the town for close to three decades. Alongside its physical Kinsale store, it offers custom engraving and ships crystal glassware internationally. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kinsale Leather 46 Main Street, Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Designer Dee Mangan opened Kinsale Leather on Main Street in 2015, making handbags in small monthly batches from a workshop-front shop. Pieces such as the Jamie Bag are designed to convert between styles, for instance folding from a cross-body bag into a clutch. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kinsale Pottery and Arts Centre Ballinacurra, Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Based in Ballinacurra outside Kinsale, this independent studio runs pottery, glass-fusing, jewellery-making, and mosaic classes for adults and children alongside its Coach House Gallery shop. It offers everything from single workshops to weekend and summer-school courses for visitors and locals alike. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kinsale Spirit Company Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Kinsale resident Tom O'Riordan and his sister Clodagh, a qualified distiller, first made their gin in his kitchen using local and foraged botanicals before licensing a commercial batch of 100 bottles. The company has since grown into Irish whiskey with the Red Earl and Great Earl labels and now exports from Kinsale to markets including the US, China, and Europe. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kish Fish Howth The Harbour, Howth, Dublin
Howth's harbour fish shop — buy the freshest catch or eat fish and chips on the pier. Watch the fishing boats unload while you eat. store page → · open in the atlas → - Lindas of Kinsale (LOK Fine Jewellery) Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
This family-run jewellery and antiques business began at a castle above the Blackwater river in north County Cork before relocating to Kinsale. Its bench staff include GIA-trained gemologists and setters trained at houses such as Boodles and Graff, and the shop takes on bespoke ring commissions. store page → · open in the atlas → - Lir Cafe Kenmare Place, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
Lir Cafe hand-shapes chocolates — including Baileys truffles and Guinness caramels — from its Kenmare Place shop in central Killarney. The counter doubles as an espresso bar, open daily from 7am to 6pm. store page → · open in the atlas → - Louis Copeland & Sons Capel Street
The Copeland family has tailored menswear in Dublin since Hyman Coplan arrived from Lithuania in the early 1900s, with the business formalised by Louis Copeland in 1933. The Capel Street flagship and city-centre branches handle made-to-measure suits and ready-to-wear. store page → · open in the atlas → - Louis Mulcahy Pottery Ballyferriter, Dingle Peninsula
Louis Mulcahy has thrown stoneware and fine porcelain near Clogher Strand on the Slea Head drive since the 1970s, from tableware to large lamps and vases. Visitors can throw their own pot at the Ballyferriter workshop and shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Meadows & Byrne Cork city centre
Freda Hayes founded this homeware and design retailer in Cork city in 1993, and it stocks furniture, cookware, glassware, table linen and decor. The range gathers Irish and international design across kitchen, dining, bed and garden. store page → · open in the atlas → - Moth to a Flame Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Larry Kinsella, a founding member of the Made in Kilkenny craftspeople's collective, has hand-poured candles at this riverside studio in Bennettsbridge since 1999, near the Nicholas Mosse pottery. The workshop produces pillar and scented candles alongside studio-only pieces like glow-globes and tortured-wax sculptures that visitors can watch being made. store page → · open in the atlas → - Murphy's Ice Cream Strand Street, Dingle
Brothers Sean and Kieran Murphy began churning ice cream in Dingle in 2000, using milk from native Kerry cows and flavours such as sea salt and Dingle gin. The Strand Street parlour is the original of their small group of Irish shops. store page → · open in the atlas → - Music Zone Douglas
An independent record shop in Douglas dealing in new and second-hand vinyl and running for over fifteen years. Stock turns over regularly across rock, metal and classic albums, from Radiohead pressings to Captain Beefheart and Santana. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nicholas Mosse Pottery Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Nicholas Mosse has thrown and hand-sponge-decorated earthenware tableware at a former flour mill on the River Nore in Bennettsbridge since the 1970s, using motifs like the running fox and shamrock drawn from the Irish countryside. The mill site still houses the pottery, a Mill Café, and a shop where visitors can watch pieces being made. store page → · open in the atlas → - Novak's Bakery Crossagalla, Limerick
Novak's hand-bakes sourdough loaves, brioche buns and pizza buns from its Crossagalla unit in Limerick, alongside a range of filled donuts. It wholesales across Clare, Cork, Galway, Kilkenny and Waterford in addition to its own retail counter. store page → · open in the atlas → - Original Kerry Dingle, Co. Kerry
Original Kerry is a guild of vetted Kerry craftspeople whose members' work is gathered in shops in Dingle and Castlegregory. Ceramics, jewellery, textiles and local food from selected makers are sold under one roof. store page → · open in the atlas → - Parfumarija Dublin 2
An independent niche perfumery specializing in artistic and hard-to-find fragrance houses. store page → · open in the atlas → - Plugd Records Cork city centre
An independent Cork record shop dealing in vinyl, with a catalogue that spans avant-garde and experimental, folk and traditional, and indie, rock and pop. Records are sold in-store and online, priced in euro through its own shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - RUXX Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Designer Sarah Ward-Hendry founded RUXX in 2010 and opened its first physical shop in Kinsale in 2021, selling the brand's full handmade clothing range plus shop-only samples. Each piece is described as sewn stitch by stitch in-house rather than mass produced. store page → · open in the atlas → - Sheridans Cheesemongers South Anne Street
Brothers Seamus and Kevin Sheridan began selling Irish farmhouse cheese at Galway market in 1995 and opened their South Anne Street shop soon after. The counter stacks raw-milk rounds of Durrus, Coolea and Cashel Blue alongside European cheeses, charcuterie and oils. store page → · open in the atlas → - Smyth & Gibson Ireland / Online
Irish shirtmaker — fine cottons and traditional craftsmanship. One-piece collar available on bespoke and made-to-measure orders. store page → · open in the atlas → - STABLE of Ireland South City Centre, Dublin
A shop selling Irish-woven scarves, blankets, linen, clothing, and craft objects made with regional materials and techniques. Sonia Reynolds and Frances Duff founded the business in 2016. store page → · open in the atlas → - Stephen Pearce Pottery (Shanagarry Potters) Shanagarry, East Cork
The Old Pottery at Shanagarry makes handmade earthenware, including Stephen Pearce's terracotta and blue-on-red ranges. Its workshop shop is open daily, selling cups, dinner plates and collections thrown and finished by hand. store page → · open in the atlas → - Teeling Whiskey Distillery Newmarket, The Liberties
Teeling opened at Newmarket in 2015 as the first new whiskey distillery in Dublin in more than 125 years, reviving distilling in the Liberties. Guided tours run every twenty minutes and finish with a tasting, backed by an on-site shop, the Bang Bang Bar and the Phoenix Café. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Dingle Woollen Company Strand Street, Dingle
On Strand Street, this shop stocks Aran sweaters, blankets and accessories in Irish wool, including own-label pieces knitted in traditional stitches. The company works with Irish mills and knitters and ships woollens worldwide. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Gallery Kinsale Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
The Gallery Kinsale has run under its own name since at least 2013, mounting rotating solo shows such as its exhibition of painter Patrick Cashin's work. It operates as a small, independently run exhibition space rather than a multi-artist retail gift shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Gutter Bookshop Temple Bar
Bob Johnston opened The Gutter Bookshop on Cow's Lane in Temple Bar in 2009, its name taken from Oscar Wilde's line about looking at the stars from the gutter. A second branch followed in Dalkey in 2013, both known for hand-selling fiction and children's books. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Proper Chocolate Company Dublin
The Proper Chocolate Company makes bean-to-bar chocolate at its Dublin workshop, hand-sorting, roasting, cracking and conching specialty cocoa beans in small batches. The bars carry no added flavourings, colourings or soy lecithin. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Secret Book and Record Store City Centre
Independent secondhand bookshop and record store at 15A Wicklow Street in central Dublin, Ireland, buying, selling and trading used books alongside vinyl records and CDs. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Sweater Shop Dublin 2
Dublin-based Irish knitwear specialist since 1986, offering Aran sweaters, fisherman knits, and traditional Irish wool textiles for the whole family. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Winding Stair Ormond Quay
The Winding Stair became a Dublin landmark as a bookshop in the 1970s, named after a Yeats poem and set beside the Ha'penny Bridge on Lower Ormond Quay. It reopened in 2006 with a restaurant upstairs, keeping the ground-floor bookshop and its old shelves intact. store page → · open in the atlas → - This is Knit Dublin
Yarn shop — premium wool, knitting supplies, and workshops. Ireland's knitting tradition lives on here. store page → · open in the atlas → - Tinnakeenly Leathers Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland
This family workshop has hand-cut and hand-stitched vegetable-tanned leather into handbags, satchels, and wallets since the 1970s, working some pieces into Celtic spiral and shamrock patterns. Its factory store in Graiguenamanagh is open daily for visitors to see the leatherwork alongside the finished goods. store page → · open in the atlas → - Tower Records 7 Dawson Street, Dublin
Dublin music retailer carrying vinyl, CDs, tickets and related music merchandise, with staff knowledge and a long-standing role in the city’s record-buying scene. store page → · open in the atlas → - Vibes & Scribes Cork city centre
A Cork bookshop stocking new, bargain and second-hand titles across fiction, children's books, comics and graphic novels, with an art and craft floor of wool, fabric and fine-art materials. It is independently run, with a store locator and a Cork phone line on its site. store page → · open in the atlas → - Waltons New School of Music 69 South Great George's Street, Dublin
Music school and shop — instruments, lessons, and traditional Irish music sessions. The heart of Dublin's music education. store page → · open in the atlas → - Ó'Máille Dominick Street / medieval quarter
This family-run shop sells hand-knitted Aran sweaters made by knitters across the west of Ireland, alongside tweed jackets, caps and rainwear. Established in 1938, it supplied the wardrobe for the film The Quiet Man. store page → · open in the atlas →