10 Best Shopping in Cork City, County Cork

With the largest stock and the highest turnover of Blarney's crafts shops, this noted emporium sells everything from Irish-made fashion for men and women to Aran hand-knitted items to leprechaun key rings.

Ireland's best high-end department store carries items by Irish and international designers. The ground floor has an excellent cosmetics hall and a good selection of menswear and Irish crystal. Refuel at the coffee shop, which sells healthful open sandwiches and house-made soups.

A local favorite, this store is not only a showcase for imaginative, modern Irish jewelry but home to a thriving open-view workshop with three full-time goldsmiths.

This ground-floor space exhibits works by members of the long-established Cork Arts Society and others.

Whether you're hunting for early ’20s jazz, ’80s punk, or vintage Irish records, you'll find something of interest in the stacks of formerly loved records in this place. Stocks include the paraphernalia to accompany the records, from checked flannel shirts to bowler hats.

A large selection of Celtic-inspired silver jewelry is sold here, including traditional claddagh rings.

Rare secondhand books, graphic novels, and a wide range of photography and art illustrations cram this popular shop on Lavitt's Quay.

Cork's biggest bookshop carries a wide selection of new fiction and nonfiction and stocks many locally published books.