Last updated 16/11/2018
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Key Books,
24 Sullivan’s Quay, Cork
Tel: (021) 431 7026
Opening Hours
Tues/Sat. 12 Noon – 5.00pm
Closed Sundays & Mondays
A new community bookshop based in The Quay Co-Op.
Drop in for a browse of new and second-hand books, DVDs, t-shirts.
All the latest news here: Key Books Cork
OXFAM BOOKS,
18a French Church Street, Cork
www.oxfamireland.org/shop/oxfam-books-cork
Tel: (021) 480 6540
Open: Mon/Sat. 10.00am – 6.00pm and Sunday 2.00pm – 6.00pm
Stock: Charity shop with a good selection of secondhand books and music.
The Time Traveller’s Bookshop,
Wandesford Quay, Cork
Tel: (021) 431 1921
Opening hours
Mon/Fri. 10.00am – 6.00pm and Saturday 10.00am – 4.00pm
Stock
Modern first editions and signed copies of important books as well as out-of-print books and second-hand material in excellent condition. Also stock rare vinyl with wonderful collector’s items.
Vibes & Scribes,
21 Lavitt’s Quay, Cork
Tel: (021) 427 9535
Opening Hours
Mon/Sat. from 10:00am – 6:30pm
Sunday/Bank Holidays 12:30pm – 6:00pm
Stock: New, Used and Bargain books.
Also purchases good quality secondhand books.
Website: www.charlesvivian.com
Prim’s Bookshop: Bibliotherapy
43 Main St., Kinsale, Cork
Tel: (086) 194 9842
Opening Hours
Tues/Sunday from 11.00am – 5.00pm
Closed Monday
The Time Traveller’s Bookshop,
The Glen, The Artist’s Courtyard, Kinsale, Co.Cork
Tel: (021) 470 9582
Opening hours
Mon/Sun. 11.00am – 6.00pm
Closed Tuesdays & Wednesdays
– Open every day during July & August –
Stock
Modern first editions and signed copies of important books as well as out-of-print books and second-hand material in excellent condition. Also stock rare vinyl with wonderful collector’s items.
The Time Traveller’s Bookshop,
44 Bridge Street, Skibbereen, Co.Cork
Tel: (028) 22944
Opening hours
Mon/Fri. 11.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday 10.00am – 4.00pm
Stock
Modern first editions and signed copies of important books as well as out-of-print books and second-hand material in excellent condition. Also stock rare vinyl with wonderful collector’s items.
Universal Books,
Church Lane, Letterkenny, Co.Donegal
Tel: (074) 916 1869
We sell NEW and gently USED books. We also BUY books – from you! Let us have a peek at any collections you might want to get rid of.
We hold a fantastic selection of rare Donegal and Irish books plus sections including Cooking, Crime, Fiction, Non-fiction, Children’s books and much more!
Opening hours
Monday/Saturday from 10.00am – 6.00pm
Chapters Bookstore,
Ivy Exchange, Parnell Street, Dublin.1.
Tel: (01) 872 3297 or (01) 879 2700
Housed on two floors Chapters sells an extensive range of books, music and DVDs, both new and second hand, as well as thousands of bargain-priced titles. Previously owned books, CDs and DVDs can be bought and sold in their second-hand department, and they offer cash or store credit.
Opening Hours
Daily 9.30am until 6.30pm, late opening Thursday until 8.00pm,
Sunday 12 Noon until 6.30pm.
The Winding Stair Bookshop,
40 Ormond Quay, Dublin.1.
Tel: (01) 872 7320
New and Second-Hand books.
Opening Hours
Mon/Weds and Fri. from 10.00am – 6.00pm
Thursday & Saturday from 10.00am – 7.00pm
Sun. from 12 Noon – 6.00pm
Marrowbone Books,
78 The Coombe, Dublin.8.
Tel: (01) 551 0495
Sell good second-hand fiction and non-fiction books.
Open
Monday/Sunday from 11:00am – 7.:00pm
Closed Tuesdays.
OXFAM BOOKS,
23 Parliament Street, Dublin.2.
Tel: (01) 670 7022
Stock: Irish and general secondhand and antiquarian books.
Open
Mon/Fri. 10.00am-6.00pm.
Sat. 10.30am-6.00pm.
Sun. 1.30-5.00pm.
Directions: Oxfam Shop
Temple Bar Book Market
Temple Bar Square, Dublin.2.
Every Saturday and Sunday from 11:00am – 6:00pm
A small but perfect haven for book-worms and music fans alike.
For a list of traders please visit: http://templebar.ie/Market/Book_Market
Ulysses Rare Books,
10 Duke Street, (off Grafton Street), Dublin.2.
Tel: (01) 671 8676
A wealth of Rare Editions of Irish literature and history including works by Wilde, Joyce, Yeats etc. Rare maps and illustrated books.
Other services: Catalogues issued. Free book search. Single volumes to entire libraries purchased.
Open
Monday/Saturday 9.30am-5.45pm
Closed Sunday
The Secret Book & Record Store,
15a Wicklow Street, Dublin.2.
Tel: (01) 679 7272
We buy, sell and exchange books. Philosophy, Poetry, History, Music, Film, Irish interest, Literature, Psychology, Art, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Science ….also home to Freebird Records.
Open
Monday – Sunday from 11.00am – 6.30pm
Late opening Thursday from 11.00am – 7.30pm
Stokes Books,
Market Arcade, South Great Georges Street, Dublin.2.
Tel: (01) 671 3584
Stokes Books and its proprietor, Stephen Stokes, are a Dublin institution and if it’s quality Irish books you’re after look no further. Rare editions on Irish history, transport, literature etc. line the shelves while outside shelves groan under the weight of vast numbers of bargain books all at rock bottom prices. Stephen is an avid book collector himself and if he doesn’t know the book you’re looking for – well it probably never existed!
Open: Monday/Saturday – 11.00am to 6.00pm
Further information click here: Stokes Books
The Last Bookshop
62 Lower Camden Street,
Dublin.2.
Tel: (086) 851 7419
www.last-bookshop.business.site
Stock: Large selection of second-hand books.
Opening Hours
Monday/Saturday – 10.00am – 6.00pm
Closed Sunday
OXFAM BOOKS,
202-204 Lower Rathmines Road,
Rathmines, Dublin.6.
Tel: (01) 496 4181
Stock: Irish and general secondhand books, DVDs and music on vinyl + CD.
Open: Mon/Saturday from 9.30am – 6.00pm
Sundays from 1.00pm – 5.00pm
Directions: Oxfam Shop
First Editions,
7 Pembroke Lane, Dublin.4.
(off Waterloo Road)
Tel: (01) 667 5973 or (086) 602 7447
Opening hours
Wednesday – Saturday from 12 Noon to 6.00pm
Stock: Specialises in modern signed first editions plus Anglo-Irish literature, poetry and drama, together with an eclectic mix of international literature, poetry and history.
Blackrock Rare Books,
19a Main Street, Blackrock, Co.Dublin
(in the Blackrock Market)
Tel: (086) 395 0987
Opening hours
Saturdays/Sundays and Bank Holidays from 11.00am – 5.30pm
Stock: About 2,000 books, Irish interest, arts, humanities, literature, rare and collectable. High turnover in stock with 100s of new titles arriving every week.
Books bought, from single volumes to entire libraries.
Raven Books,
34 Main Street, Blackrock, Co.Dublin
Tel: (01) 278 9509
Raven Books is a small independent bookshop, offering a general mix of new and second-hand books. We will happily special order new titles; email us the book details, your name and a contact phone number, or call us to check availability. If there are any rare or out-of-print books that you would like us to look out for, email us your Wish List to orders@ravenbooks.ie
Open as follows:
Mon/Weds 10.00am – 6.00pm
Thurs 10.00am – 8.00pm
Fri/Sat 10.00am – 6.00pm
Sunday 12 Noon – 5.00pm
Naughton Booksellers,
8 Marine Terrace, Dun Laoghaire, Co.Dublin
Tel: (01) 280 4392
Naughton Booksellers have offered quality books and friendly service since 1978. The stock of 15,000 items is about 40% Irish interest, 60% general, and prices range from inexpensive paperbacks to antiquarian/limited/signed editions.
Open: Monday/Saturday from 10.00am – 5.00pm
STILL CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS 3/9/2018
The Village Bookshop,
101 Terenure Road North, Dublin.6W.
Tel: (01) 551 2291
New, Used, Rare and Out-of-Print Books.
Opening hours
Monday/Saturday from 9.00am – 6.30pm
Sunday from 11.00am – 5.00pm
Bell, Book and Candle,
Small Crane, Sea Road, Galway City
Tel: (091) 589 060
Owned by Paul Deacy and in business since 1993.
For anyone with a taste for a good read, a good listen or a good film, the Bell Book and Candle store is well worth a visit. We buy and sell new and secondhand books, music and film, with stock changing daily.
We hold some stock similar to the high street stores, but the most exciting aspect of the shop is its large stock of secondhand records, CDs, books and DVDs, many of which have never been reprinted or reissued. The shop doesn’t sell online, so the best is on the shelves for you to enjoy!
Opening hours
Monday/Saturday from 9.30am – 6.00pm
Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop,
The Cornstore, Middle Street, Galway City
Tel: (091) 561 766
Located in the heart of Galway City, with a stock of over 100,000 new, bargain and secondhand books on subjects ranging from literary fiction to Irish interest to art and archaeology.
Opening Hours
Monday/Saturday from 9.00am – 6.00pm
With late opening on Thursday & Friday until 8.00pm
Sunday from 12 Noon – 6.00pm
Kennys Bookshop & Art Galleries,
Liosbaun Retail Park, Tuam Road, Galway, Co.Galway
Tel: (091) 709 350
Opening Hours
Monday/Saturday from 9.00am – 5.00pm
Closed Sunday
Stock: More than 50,000 titles spread over 7,500 square feet of retail space.
Trinity Rare Books,
Bridge Street, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co.Leitrim
Tel: (071) 962 2144
Phil’s Bookshop,
14 Ann Street, Limerick City, Co.Limerick
Tel: (085) 789 5232
Opening Hours
Tuesday from 9.00am – 4.00pm
Wednesday/Saturday from 9.30am – 4.00pm
Closed Sunday & Monday
Stock
Second-hand books. General Fiction and a great selection of hard-to-find Thrillers and Historical Romance.
Latest news here: Phil’s Bookshop
Rare & Recent Books,
Main Street, Cong, Co.Mayo
Tel: (085) 168 0250
We stock a wide selection of antiquarian, new, collectable and used books. We specialise in books related to Ireland, particularly the West of Ireland and also carry a large selection of fishing books from the last two hundred years.
Summer Opening Hours (Easter to the end of October)
Six days a week (closed Tuesdays) 10.30am – 1.00pm and 2.00pm – 5.30pm
Winter Opening Hours
Five Days a week (Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays) 11.00am – 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Open by arrangement at any time.
www.vanessaparkerrarebooks.com
West Coast Rare Books
James Street, Westport, Co.Mayo
Tel: (098) 29465 or Mobile: (086) 220 6668
Opening Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday from 10.00am to 5.00pm
Stock
West Coast Rare Books is a general bookshop dealing in second hand and antiquarian books. We offer a wide variety of books, including Irish and World Literature, Art, Biography, Natural Sciences, History, Philosophy, Medicine, Religion, Poetry, Travel, Photography etc.
We also sell Vinyl.
The Book Lady,
Shop Street, Carrick Road, Boyle, Co.Roscommon
Tel: (087) 126 5642
“Ireland’s Smallest Second Hand Book Shop”
Opening Hours
Mon/Weds from 12 Noon – 3.00pm
Thurs/Sat 12 Noon – 5.00pm
Closed Sunday
John’s Bookshop,
9 Main Street, Athlone, Co.Westmeath
Tel: (090) 649 4151
Operating since 1997 and specialising in Antiquarian & Secondhand books with an emphasis towards Irish Writers, Irish History, Local History, and the Irish language. Also stocks original documents, photographs, ephemera and a few select paintings.
Opening Hours
Tuesday – Saturday from 10.30am to 6.00pm
Red Books,
Bridgetown, Co.Wexford
Tel: (086) 322 0546
Stock
New, used and antiquarian books.
Open Hours
Seven days a week from 9.30am – 6.00pm
All second-hand books sold at the following rates;
- 2 Books for €5
- 5 Books for €10
- 10 Books for €15
- 3 Kids Books for €5
- 3 Easy Readers for young kids €1
We also offer bulk discount rates and have over 70,000 titles in stock.
Zozimus Books,
The Book Cafe, 86 Main Street, Gorey
Tel: (086) 123 3137
Quality second-hand and antiquarian bookseller offering 30,000 titles at very competitive prices.
Opening Hours
Monday from 9.30am – 5.30pm
Tuesday/Saturday from 10.00am – 5.30pm
Sunday from 12 Noon – 5.00pm
New Ross Books,
23 John Street, New Ross, Co.Wexford
Tel: (051) 422 833
Opening Hours
Monday/Saturday from 10.00am – 6.30pm
Closed Sunday
Stock
Second-Hand Books and New Children’s books at Bargain prices.
Readers Paradise Bookshop,
19 Selskar Street, Wexford
Tel: (053) 912 4400
Open
Monday to Saturday from 9.30am – 6.00pm
Stock
A wide range of fiction and non-fiction books, covering many genres – new and second-hand titles.
The Townhall Bookshop,
23 Florence Road, Bray, Co.Wicklow
(01) 276 8574
