5 stores · curated ORBIS register
Rathmines, Dublin
April & The Bear, at 213 Rathmines Road Lower in Dublin, sells eclectic homewares, exclusive art prints, gifts and furniture spanning sofas, dining furniture, lighting, rugs, candles, cushions and tableware. The shop also runs A+TB Design Studio, offering interior design consulting.
Best for Eclectic homewares and furniture
Marino, Dublin
Brookwood Pottery combines Elaine Fallon's ceramics studio with a design shop in Marino, Dublin. Its own stoneware tableware sits alongside jewellery and other work by Irish makers. Pottery classes provide a way to spend time working with clay as well as choosing a finished piece.
Best for Stoneware tableware and Irish craft in Dublin
Brookwood Pottery brings making and retail together in Marino, Dublin. Elaine Fallon established the business in 2012 and opened the Marino design shop and studio in 2021. Its own stoneware includes mugs and bowls as well as vases and candle holders, with glazes forming an important part of the finished pieces.
The shop also stocks work by other Irish makers. Jewellery and textiles broaden the choice beyond ceramics. Prints and smaller household gifts let a visit range across different crafts. Brookwood's own pottery and another maker's work remain distinct collections, so a question about production should be directed to the particular item rather than answered for the whole shop.
Classes offer another way to engage with the studio. Someone interested in working with clay can consult the published programme, while a shopper can concentrate on the finished tableware. For a useful comparison, look at the form and glaze of the pieces intended for everyday use alongside more decorative objects. The appeal lies in being able to encounter a working pottery practice and a wider design selection at the same address.
City centre, Dublin
House of Read, at No 4 Parliament Street in Dublin and dating to around 1712 when James Read became an apprentice cutler before the firm won a royal warrant for cutlery and surgical instruments in 1821, today sells chocolates, macaroons, pastries, jams, marmalades and chutneys. It also stocks china, silverware, candles and both new and vintage silver-plate tableware bearing its elephant-and-castle design, in a building restored in 2017.
Best for Chocolates preserves and silver tableware
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.
Best for Hand-thrown stoneware and porcelain
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.
Best for Hand-sponged Irish earthenware tableware
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