Bookshops across Ireland
Independent bookshops worth crossing the city for. Second-hand and new, the kind with a chair, a cat’s worth of clutter and someone behind the desk who has read the thing you are holding. Each entry gives the address, the shop’s own page and the date the details were last checked.
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Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop
A rambling independent bookshop in the Cornstore off Middle Street, with tens of thousands of new, second-hand and bargain books and staff who know the stock.
Last verified 2026-07-20
Marrowbone Books
A small second-hand bookshop on the Coombe in the Liberties, yellow on the outside and like a living room on the inside.
Last verified 2026-07-11
Readers Paradise
A second-hand and new bookshop on Slaney Street, trading since 1996 and taken on by new owners in 2025.
Last verified 2026-07-13
Red Books
An independent bookshop selling new, second-hand, antiquarian and collectible books, with a bias toward local writers.
Last verified 2026-07-13
The Secret Bookstore
A second-hand bookshop up a lane off Wicklow Street, deep enough in that most people walk past it.
Last verified 2026-07-13