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Dublin
Favorite goods to buy in Dublin include fine Irish linens, Waterford crystal and hand-knitted woolen garments. Grafton Street is the city's preeminent shopping district, home to a number of boutiques and the Brown Thomas (or BT) department store, but don't miss a trip down the nearby side streets off of Grafton -- including Duke and Dawson.
The Temple Bar area offers a number of fun weekend markets, including a food market that takes place every Saturday and a book market that runs Saturdays and Sundays in Temple Bar Square. For great clothing finds, check out the Designer Mart at Cow's Lane; every Saturday, local designers offer one-of-a-kind wares in the Temple Bar area. If you're hit by a bout of Irish rain, head indoors to one of Dublin's malls or "arcades" -- like the Stephen's Green Shopping Centre or the George's Street Arcade. Get your souvenir shopping done at House of Ireland, on the corner of Nassau and Dawson Streets, offering a wide selection of Waterford crystal, Aran knitwear, Celtic jewelry, Irish linens and more. 12 Best Ireland Experiences
- Channel Your Inner Royal at a Castle Hotel
- See the Winter Solstice Inside Newgrange
- Get Out of Doors in Connemara
- Pour Your Own Pint of Guinness
- Cross the Border into Northern Ireland
- Go Barging on Ireland's Waterways
- Bike the Ring of Kerry
- Join a Pub Crawl in Dublin
- Get Lost in the Past in the Burren
- Hit the Road in a Caravan
- Hike or Cruise the Cliffs of Moher
- Cheer on an Irish Rugby Team