There are tons of places for good shopping in Dublin, so I've decided to create a post dedicated to specifically that. Most shops and malls are open until around dinner time, so if you have a full day of browsing planned, we've learned to do so early in the day. Sometimes, stores don't even open on Sundays.
Grafton Street:
This is definitely one of the first places we strolled through when we arrived here. Grafton Street is Dublin's liveliest pedestrian shopping mall. It is a couple blocks in length and spans from Trinity College and St. Stephen's Green. Nestled inside the alleyways is also the Powerscourt Shopping Centre, filling a converted Georgian mansion. At the end of Grafton Street lies St. Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, which is basically an american mall, complete with a grocery store in its basement. The shopping centre is iconic, with its glass domed roof towering over the city.
Henry Street:
My personal favorite place for shopping is north of the Liffey, near the Spire, right off of O'Connell Street. Henry Street is full of the most popular (affordable) shops, such as Forever 21 and Penney's. It is also pedestrian-only.
Millennium Walk:
Also north of the Liffey, this is the span of O'Connell Street extending from the river up to the Spire itself. Curiously enough, before the 1980's, this area north of the river was very dangerous, and definitely was not known for shopping or tourism. Since then, the Spire was constructed, statues were placed to commemorate the nation's most famous legends, and nowadays O'Connell Street is bustling with tourists.
Along Millennium Walk, you will pass the Daniel O'Connell Statue, the man known as "the liberator", for founding the Catholic Association and demanding Irish Catholic rights in the British Parliament.
Further down the street lies another monument to James Larkin, founder of the Irish Transport Worker's Union. The original statue that used to stand in that spot, one of the British hero of Tralfagar Admiral Horatio Nelson, was blown up in 1966, a contribution to a local celebration of the Easter Uprising's 50th anniversary. This one was put in its place years later.
Street Markets:
Temple Bar Street Market: This is probably my favorite market, I usually try to stop by every Saturday morning. Lining all the cobblestone streets with food and other vendors, we wander for an hour or so, trying oh so many free samples! My favorite are the crepes, nutella here is gold, add strawberries and bananas, and I'm one happy camper.
Moore Street Market: The Moore Street market boasts so much history. Most of its vendors have been working the same stalls for over 30 years. This market is unique in that it's very popular during the week, whereas most other markets pride themselves on their weekend turnout.
Further down the street lies another monument to James Larkin, founder of the Irish Transport Worker's Union. The original statue that used to stand in that spot, one of the British hero of Tralfagar Admiral Horatio Nelson, was blown up in 1966, a contribution to a local celebration of the Easter Uprising's 50th anniversary. This one was put in its place years later.
Street Markets:
Temple Bar Street Market: This is probably my favorite market, I usually try to stop by every Saturday morning. Lining all the cobblestone streets with food and other vendors, we wander for an hour or so, trying oh so many free samples! My favorite are the crepes, nutella here is gold, add strawberries and bananas, and I'm one happy camper.
Moore Street Market: The Moore Street market boasts so much history. Most of its vendors have been working the same stalls for over 30 years. This market is unique in that it's very popular during the week, whereas most other markets pride themselves on their weekend turnout.
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