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Kennys bookshop

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    #32
    Ronan|Raven
    Registered Users Posts: 8,146 ✭✭✭Ronan|Raven


    Fireman!


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    #33
    pk100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭pk100


    Kennys was by far the best book shop in Galway, you could spend hours getting "lost" in their, finding hidden gems throughout the many corridors. It is a sad sight to see it gone.

    Now that the Gallery has taken over the whole building it has become probably the best Art Gallery in the west, every year they showcase the best in Art from Kenneth Webb to Gertrude Degenhardt


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    #34
    MrJones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 468 ✭✭MrJones


    only ever bought one book in kenny's. always went into easons!!

    dubhthach wrote:
    My point was Kennys lost alot of it's charm after they did it up back in the mid 90's. The best bookshop in Galway for last couple of years has been Charlie Brynes if ye ask me.


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    #35
    pk100
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    I actually never bought a book from the shop in my life but when I heard about the shop closing down i visited the site kennys.ie and I nearly all my books from there now!


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    #36
    MrJones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 468 ✭✭MrJones


    tbh i couldnt care less really that it is closing.nostagia moshtalgia!!!!.. i mean if people were going into it
    and buying books then it would still be open-right?
    anyways web shopping has taken over the book business. amazon offer a great service, a global bookshop at your fingertips.
    i think alot of these small bookshops would need to start getting alot more interactive and community-friendly with their customers if they want to survive... offering book clubs and book rentals and maybe free coffee and wifi internet access instore (am i pushing it!!).


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    #37
    justfortherecor
    Registered Users Posts: 710 ✭✭✭justfortherecor


    Charlie Byrnes is savage alright, better selection if ya ask me.

    I'd say Galway is ready for a starbucks. People seem willing to pay 3-4 euro for a cup of coffee these days.


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    #38
    dwayneburke
    Registered Users Posts: 731 ✭✭✭dwayneburke


    justfortherecor wrote:
    I'd say Galway is ready for a starbucks. People seem willing to pay 3-4 euro for a cup of coffee these days.


    3-4 Euro are ya mad???? No way.....1.90 MAX in mocha beans absoulutly no more!!! it is only a bit of flavoured hot water at the end of the day.... People would be mad to spend €4 on a coffee....unless it was an irish coffee of course ;);)


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    #39
    IronMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 598 ✭✭✭IronMan


    People do spend that much on coffee. I see people in Dublin paying €2.80 for a pissy latte in Cafe Sol, which comes in a paper cup, and is made with LOW FAT MILK!!!! They think it makes them look modern, hip and European. Tossers.


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