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Ireland's largest chain of department stores, all Dunnes branches stock fashion (including the exciting Savida range), household (try the classy Considered line), and grocery items, and have a reputation for value and variety. Other branches can be found on Henry Street and in the Ilac Centre on Mary Street.
Known primarily for its large selection of books, magazines, and stationery, Eason also sells an array of toys and audiovisual goodies at its main O'Connell Street branch; all in all, it has about 50 bookstores throughout Ireland.
This Northside Dublin institution has opened a branch in the Stephen's Green shopping center with a strong focus on best sellers, travel, and Irish interest.
A specialist in traditional Irish music and Irish-language recordings, Gael Linn is where the aficionados go.
Opened in 1881 as South City Markets, this classic Victorian market right in the heart of town is home to a small but eclectic collection of clothes, books, food, and jewelry stalls. It's covered, but feels outdoors, and open every day.
This has become the place where Irish men with a bit of taste come for quality, slightly edgy clothing. Designers like Oliver Spencer and Velour dominate, and they also have a small, but classy, women's section.
This independent gallery shop is a one-stop option for finding cool young Irish designers in print, ceramics, textiles, and jewelry. It's the perfect spot for a more unusual gift. There is a second outlet in Temple Bar.
Specializing in contemporary Irish-made ceramics, pottery, and silver jewelry, Kilkenny Shop regularly holds exhibits of exciting new work by Irish craftspeople and has a wide array of gifts fashioned by Orla Kiely and other top Irish designers.
Just minutes from Christ Church Cathedral, this working-class favorite is a great place to get a feel for Dubliners at play. The stalls vary from knickknacks to children's clothing and candy. Open Thursday to Saturday.
More affordable than high-end Grafton Street competitor Brown Thomas, Marks & Spencer stocks everything from fashion (including lingerie) to tasty, unusual groceries.
A stalwart of Dublin's traditional antiques quarter around Francis Street, Fennelly's specializes in early furniture and decorative items like candlesticks, tea caddies, and fitted jewelry caskets.
This is the best place in town to buy instruments, sheet music, scores, and books about music.
Popular with Dubliners, this jewelry shop has been in business for more than 100 years.
Held Saturday from 10 am to 4:30 pm in the heart of Temple Bar, this is a good place to buy homemade foodstuffs: cheeses, breads, chocolate, and organic veggies.
If you're into cashmere, you should get yourself into Monaghan's.
The regal former town home of Lord Powerscourt (built in 1771) was largely gutted two decades ago to make room for an interior roofed-over courtyard and a space shared by a mix of restaurants, cafés, antiques stores, and boutiques of original Irish fashions by young designers. A pianist often plays on the dais at ground-floor level.
On the former site of the two-centuries-old Royal Hibernian Hotel, a coaching inn that was demolished in 1983, this complex is home to pricey, stylish shops—about 20 or 30, many selling fashionable clothes and accessories—including Carol Clarke's Irish Jewel.
Dublin's city center's largest and most ambitious shopping complex, St. Stephen's Green Centre resembles a giant greenhouse, with Victorian-style ironwork. On three floors overlooked by a giant clock, the 100 mostly small shops sell crafts, fashions, and household goods.
They might sell sweaters and scarves but Trinity Woollen Mills is also your one-stop shop for everything kitschy Irish, such as trashy treasures like "the leprechauns made me do it" mugs and Guinness-logo underwear.
Once part of a mainstream chain, Tower is now Ireland's biggest independent record store. It carries all the latest CDs, DVDs, music books, vinyl, and music merchandise.
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