Ireland » Shopping in Dublin

Dublinn shopping scene is dominated by the fusion of old and new. There is nowhere more traditional than the Moore Street Market, on Henry Street (off O’Connell Street), where fresh fruit and vegetables are sold at bargain prices Monday to Saturday 0900-1800. The Temple Bar Food Market, in Meeting House Square, on Saturday mornings displays more pricey organic produce.

South of the River Liffey is the smart Grafton Street shopping precinct with up market department store Brown Thomas and one of Dublinn's finest shopping centers, The Powers court Town House. The Design Center on the top floor of the Powers court Town House shopping center deals exclusively in Irish designer fashions. Nassau Street, off Grafton Street, is best for traditional Irish gifts, such as hand-blown glass, crafts, knits, Celtic jewelry and Arran sweaters; the Kilkenny Design Center, 6 Nassau Street, and the Blarney Woollen Mills, 21-23 Nassau Street, are also good bets. For cool club clobber, head to BT2, Grafton Street.

Dublin’s fashionable Temple Bar district has good, one-off shops, such as Which craft, Cow’s Lane, a showcase of innovative Irish jewelry, interior design and decorative arts, while the antiques quarter, centered round Francis Street, is particularly lively on a Saturday morning. Standard shopping hours are Monday to Saturday 0900-1700/1800. Late-night shopping is on Thursday, with the bigger stores and many of the smaller ones remaining open until approximately 2000.