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Athy Lions Club Book Shop/ATHY/48 Duke Street
Athy Lions Club Book Shop
48 Duke Street ATHY R14 P382
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Open: Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00
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Charity bookshop with a wide-ranging stock at modest prices.
The Athy Lions Club set up its second-hand bookshop more than 15 years ago. At first it operated only on Saturdays, but it now opens five days a week. The hours are usually reliable, but are subject to volunteer availability and so occasionally the shop may open late or close early. It attracts some good-quality donations. A wide range of fiction; works by Irish authors feature prominently. Quite good for history and books on Irish interest, as well as for travel, crafts, cookery, sport and music. Also a large stock of children’s books. Prices are on the low side.
Athy is an ancient market town in the south-west of Co. Kildare, near the border with Co. Laois. It has good transport links. Athy railway station is on the Dublin-Waterford line, with frequent trains to these cities and also to Newbridge, Kildare, Carlow and Kilkenny. The railway station is on the opposite (east) side of the River Barrow, within a ten-minute walk of the bookshop, along Leinster Street and across the Crom-a-Boo bridge on to Duke Street. Athy can be reached by bus from Carlow (897), Kilkenny (897), Naas (130), Kildare (883), Newbridge (883) and Monasterevin (888). These serve different town-centre stops: those at Saint John’s Lane, Barrow Quay, Garter Lane, Stanhope Street and Woodstock Street are all only a short distance from the shop. Booker T 06.07.26
Maynooth Bookshop/MAYNOOTH/68 Main Street
The Maynooth Bookshop
68 Main Street MAYNOOTH W23 R9Y2
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01 628 6702 e-mail web
Open: Monday - Friday 9.00 - 6.00, Saturday 10.00 - 6.00
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New books, but a large stock of second-hand comics, including rare back issues.
The long-established Maynooth Bookshop sells almost exclusively new books, but has a large stock of second-hand comics and comic books, some of which are quite elusive. All the main periods are represented: the 'Golden Age' (1938-56), the 'Silver Age' (1956-70), the 'Bronze Age' (1970-85) and the 'Modern Age' (1985 to date), although inevitably the earliest of these has the smallest selection. Not only is there a large stock by mainstream publishers such as Marvel and DC, but there are also plenty of issues from more minor presses.
Maynooth University Bookshop (run by the same owners) also sells second-hand comics and is within a 15-minute walk, so would be worth checking out: it is located in the John Hume Building on the university's North Campus and is open Monday-Thursday, 8.30am-6pm and Friday 8.30am-4.30pm during term time; the hours may be shorter during university holidays.
Maynooth is in the north of Co. Kildare, only 15 miles west of Dublin. It is an attractive town with some interesting buildings, including the ruined Maynooth Castle. Maynooth railway station is on the Dublin-Sligo line, with trains every two hours, and also is served by frequent 'Western Commuter' trains on the Dublin-Longford route. The station is a five-minute walk from the Maynooth Bookshop. Maynooth also has good bus links, including services from Dublin (22, 115, C3, C4 and, on Monday-Friday only, X25 and X26), Longford (22), Mullingar (115) and Naas (139). Booker T 11.03.26
