Kennys bookshop

Jammyd

was just wonderin now that kennys is closin who is takin over the old premises?

Sponge Bob

lemme see .

a) UK Fashion Multiple
b) Kings Head (branded as the Queens Head)
c) A Hairdresser
d) A Restaurant

doubt if it will be anything else.

DEmeant0r

is it still going to be a bookstore?

simu

Demeant0r wrote:

is it still going to be a bookstore?

Unlikely, I'd say. I'm going with bland UK chain store.

Amazotheamazing

What else could afford to take it over? Pub, or high street uk type store I suppose.

po0k

Leather shop

Another magic mushroom shop?

timeout

Stringfellows next strip joint

ARGINITE

Me.

danniemcq

Starbucks... it's only a matter of time

Cityboy

A 'nice' SHOE SHOP.....Cos every woman in GALWAY will tell you that it's impossible to get 'nice' shoes in Galway....Figure that one!!

simu

Cityboy wrote:

A 'nice' SHOE SHOP.....Cos every woman in GALWAY will tell you that it's impossible to get 'nice' shoes in Galway....Figure that one!!

Heresy! There are plenty of cool shoe shops in Galway. Far more than in Cork. Fact!

Amazotheamazing

simu wrote:

Heresy! There are plenty of cool shoe shops in Galway. Far more than in Cork. Fact!

Not sure what your source is but I question the truth of that fact.

DRakE

Internet cafe!

ARGINITE

danniemcq wrote:

Starbucks

I wouldnt mind one, just one tho.

simu

Amazotheamazing wrote:

Not sure what your source is but I question the truth of that fact.

There's a few cool ones in Lr and Upper Abbeygate St., for example. What audacity you have to doubt me! :v:

Amazotheamazing

Sorry, it's just that none of my girl friends rate Galway for any kind of "serious" shopping, but particulary shoes for some reason. I don't pretend to understand why.

simu

Well, maybe it's not great if you're looking for designer brands.

forbairt

simu wrote:

Well, maybe it's not great if you're looking for designer brands.

or if you're female and over 6 foot tall and a size 9

MargeS

I definitely heard Starbucks is moving in!

LucyBliss

I can just hear the howls of disgust if Starbucks does move in there. The cultural literati of Galway will be beside themselves and the Advertiser will have to have an extra supplement just to print all the letters they got.
While I'm sorry a Galway business is closing down, to be honest I never really went into Kennys to buy books because I always remembered it as being this dark shop where Mrs Kenny was sitting there watching you as you browsed. And while I know it was renovated and made to look a lot brighter, I just never went in there. And neither did a lot of people I know from Galway.

Anyway they're not shutting down completely, they're still in Liosban and on the web. And the bindery is still going strong, from what I hear.

wet-paint

Meh. Kenny's seems to think it's more important to Galway than it actually is.

Cityboy

Ya,and they are so loyal to Galway that they gave the building to a Dublin Auctioneer to rent it out for them!!!....

wet-paint

Believe. I've heard stories about that particular situation over the weekend, that makes it more lousy.

simu

At the end of the day a business is a business is a business. It wasn't a Govt-run cultural centre!

Robbo

simu wrote:

At the end of the day a business is a business is a business. It wasn't a Govt-run cultural centre!

Thank christ. Can you imagine the carnage if the "self styled angry poets of Galway" got something of minor significance?

dubhthach

Good Riddance is all i can say, there hasn't been anything special about kenny's since they did it up back in the mid 90's. I hear they are going to earn rental income of about 300k a year.

Liesia

I disagree Kennys was definitely one of the last old world type bookshops around and I definitely prefer that type then the Easons type

dubhthach

Liesia wrote:

I disagree Kennys was definitely one of the last old world type bookshops around and I definitely prefer that type then the Easons type

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.

danniemcq

yeah Easons isn't as nice as kennys in any way although the best bookstore in town is that one in the cornstore. i love that place

LegacyUser

Cityboy wrote:

Ya,and they are so loyal to Galway that they gave the building to a Dublin Auctioneer to rent it out for them!!!....

Wrong ... Sherry Fitzgerald DTZ is a franchise. Their office is in town.

Ronan|Raven

Fireman!

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

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.

pk100

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!

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!!).

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.

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

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.