Record Shops in Dublin

[Brad]

I'm going to be in Dublin next weekend as I have a meeting on Monday.

Can anyone suggest good record shops (both jazz and non-jazz).

Thanks in advance.

[A Lark Ascending]

In my experience, not the place to go for jazz. But when I was last there a couple of years back there were two very nice shops with a wide selection of Irish traditional music:

One on the road on the south side of Trinity College, not far from Grafton Street (the main shopping area) - a good area for bookshops.

Another tucked away in the Temple Bar maze, near the alternative cinema/arts centre.

Given what has happened in Britain as a whole, these may be gone by now.

Apart from that you are stuck with the usual HMV and some local chains (Golden Discs?) which don't have anything unusual. Easons, the big book/stationary store, had a largish CD area in its O'Connell Street store last time I was there...though again, not big on jazz.

Don't waste your time chasing CDs in Dublin - take a hop-on, hop-off bus tour to get the lie of the land. If you have any historical interest, Kilmainham Jail is fascinating. And there are great walking tours - I did a great one based around the 1916 Easter Rising - the guide had the gift of the gab and told us so much more about Dublin. Though if it's a business trip you won't have time for any of this!

Great...if ramshackle (vanity tower blocks and continental bars cheek by jowl with dilapidated pubs with old Guinness signs)....city.

Edited June 16, 2009 by Bev Stapleton

[Brad]

Bev,

Thanks. I will follow your advice and see the sights and lots of Guiness!

[A Lark Ascending]

You might strike lucky on this, Brad:

Louis Stewart plays Le Cirk, Dame Lane, Dublin City.

Every Sunday afternoon from 5.30pm.

He's done weekly gigs at various places over the years. Always the night before or the night after I'm there! The one occasion I got to a pub he was playing in he was trapped down in Cork!

Well worth hearing if you can.

http://www.louisstewart.net/itinerary.htm

[AndrewHill]

In my experience, not the place to go for jazz.

Yeah, I have to agree. I was there last year and found very little pertaining to jazz (maybe Cliff Englewood could chime in). I came back empty handed, but still had a great time nonetheless.