Dublin's oldest independent bookshop, founded in 1978 and O'Brien Bookseller of the Year in 2025: books downstairs, a tearoom upstairs lined with poetry and political theory. In the 1980s it was where men from all over the country came for Gay Community News. Today it is the bookshop of Trinity students and Dublin writers.
- Address
- 17 D'Olier Street, Dublin 2
- Hours
- Mon-Sat 10:00-18:00; Sun 13:00-17:00 (Google hours via Wanderlog, 2026-10)
- Best time to go
- Afternoon · About 40 min
- Price
- Free to browse
- Price level
- €€
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- The books are downstairs and the café is upstairs, despite the name
- Good children's section
- Two minutes from Trinity's front gate