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In the late forties, a young lady came into our shop, spent a few hours immersed in the books and left, empty handed. The following day, she was back, again immersed herself in the books and this time, bought two books. Our mother was intrigued by her and asked, /1
A lady Sharon called into us today to do her Christmas book shopping, which she normally does on Amazon and she wanted to change that this year. 🙂 Here's to lots more Sharons in lots more bookshops!
Happy
#StPatricksDay
one and all! Beannachtaí na Féile Padraig oraibh!
In celebration, we'd like to give this hamper of Irish books worth €250 away to one person (anywhere in the world) this weekend. Like, RT, comment or follow us by 9am Monday to enter. Enjoy the weekend!😊🍀📚
...the word. She shattered the glass ceiling over women writers in this country. She enriched our lives and left us a wonderful legacy. It was a privilege to have known her.
Solas na bhFhlaitheas dá h-anam.
- Tom Kenny
Happy World Book Day one and all! Lá Domhanda na Leabhar shona dhaoibh go léir!
In celebration, we would like to give this bundle of books worth over €200 away to one person. Like, RT, comment or follow us by 9am on Monday to enter. And enjoy your
#WorldBookDay
!📚
..."What do you do?" She replied, "I work in a chemist shop, but I am hoping someday to become a writer."
Her name was Edna O’Brien and she and mother became very close friends. Every time she came to Galway, she visited the shop. I can still hear the two of them laughing over /2
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...cups of tea, probably at some mischievous piece of literary gossip.
She was a lady, there was a kind of aura about her. She was always calm, a born communicator and often, very funny. To hear her read from her own work was to sit there in awe and wonder at the power of /3
Good morning all! Here is a little reminder that we have:
📖Thousands of books cheaper than Amazon
📖Free delivery in Ireland
📖We ship overseas
📖New & secondhand books
📖All the latest bestsellers
📖Books start at less than €5
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"My colleagues always kid me about quoting Irish poets all the time. They think I do it because I’m Irish. I do it because they’re the best poets." - Joe Biden
Congratulations to President-Elect,
@JoeBiden
#bidenharris2020
Hello everyone! Inspired by this windy, rainy day which is perfect for reading a book, we've put together this lovely bundle of seven Signed, First Editions, now waiting to be won! Retweet, like or comment by 6pm on Saturday & you might just win these books!
#win
#booktwitter
📚
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Ordered three books online from
@KennysBookshop
which came to a total of €43.71. Out of curiosity i checked amazon to compare and the same three were €56. If you get a reputation as an early riser you can get up whatever time you want 🤣
Happy
#StPatricksDay
one and all! Beannachtaí na Féile Padraig oraibh! In celebration, we'd like to give this hamper of Irish books worth €300 away to one person (anywhere in the world). Like, RT, comment or follow us by 9am Wednesday to enter. Enjoy the weekend! 🍀📚
This news only amplifies the importance of supporting local and Irish businesses. Your Irish retailer offers an alternative in most cases. The effort made during the pandemic to support Irish businesses who were at risk of closing, applies even more so now.
#ShopLocal
#ShopIrish
With the news that Book Depository is to close, here's a reminder that is an alternative for buying books online.
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To those who may be looking for more cost efficient options for buying books online since Brexit, a note that has:
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📚New & used books
💰No hidden charges
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Today is our 80th Birthday! It's 80 years to the day since Maureen & Des Kenny opened the bookshop in Galway, on November 29th, 1940. We remember them especially today. Thanks to all who have supported us & who are part of the history. Here are a few memories from over the years.
A question readers.. When you read a particular author's book for the first time and you enjoy it, do you then go and find and read their other books? 📖
#bookchat
Can we all just take a moment to digest the headline in today's summary report from Nielsen BookScan on the Irish Consumer Market 2022:
"More money was spent on books in Ireland in 2022 than ever before."
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Over a million new & secondhand books
Thousands at <€4.99
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It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that our dear colleague, Anne Brennan very sadly died on Saturday afternoon. She passed away very peacefully at her home in Galway, surrounded by her family.
Anne started in Kennys in September 2002, and worked in the accounts /1
Kennys has won the Irish Bookshop of the Year! We're so thrilled! A huge thanks to everyone for the support - our customers, authors, publishers, suppliers, An Post & especially our staff. Tá muid thar a bheith buíoch as ucht an onóir seo a fháil, & in its inaugural year. Hurray!
We are thinking of everyone at
@chaptersbooks
today, as they close their doors in Dublin this evening after 40 years of selling books from their wonderful bookshop. From everyone at Kennys, we wish you all the very best.
AMAZING discovery here at Kennys. We sometimes uncover gems, but today we found actual treasure ...solid gold coins, hidden in the spine of an old prayerbook!
We love this... A really nice customer rang us last week to order these 60 books for his wife for her 60th birthday, which is today! 🎂🎁 Breithlá shona dí.. What a brilliant idea! 📚📚
Hello Twitter, a little reminder that if you are buying books online, here is some of what you can find on :
📦Free delivery in Ireland
🌍Cheap international shipping rates
📚New & secondhand books
💰Huge discounts
🪙Thousands of books cheaper than Amazon
We have a selection of free дитячі книжки children's books in Ukrainian available in the bookshop that we'd love to get into people's hands.🇺🇦 Ukrainian children & families are very welcome to the bookshop to pick from this selection.RTs or spreading of the word much appreciated!
A lovely call from a Maureen in Galway just now. She is not a user of online shopping and was so excited to find that she could order some new books for delivery by phone! She said it made her day, and as she was so excited and happy, we must say it has made ours too! ☺️☺️
Our dear sister, aunty and one of the greatest lights in all of our lives, Jane Hogan (née Kenny) very sadly died in Galway yesterday. She was 77 years old and was surrounded by her family and extended family when she died.
Jane was the daughter of Des and Maureen Kenny, the /1
We are all heartbroken. Sinéad O'Connor was an icon and one of the great voices of Ireland, both through her music and her unending strength and will to speak out. We are thinking of Joseph, Éimear and all of Sinéad's family this evening.
Solas na bhFlaitheas dá h-anam uasal.
A very special visitor to Kennys today! President Michael D. Higgins very kindly called into the shop this afternoon to sign copies of his book, Reclaiming The European Street. Go raibh míle maith agat a Uachtaráin
@PresidentIRL
Shout out to all those who are making an effort to shop local and shop Irish at the moment. We are hearing the sentiment from customers nearly on a daily basis, people are really making an effort to shop Irish. And it's great!
#shoplocal
On this day 82 years ago, November 29th 1940, Kennys Bookshop was opened on High Street in Galway by Des and Maureen Kenny - our parents, grandparents, founders and two of the greatest advocates of the importance of books and reading. We have been thinking of them a lot today.
2023 was a record year for print book sales in Ireland! 👏 Wonderful news issued in Nielsen's 2023 Irish market report today. This marks the tenth year in a row of value growth for the Irish book market. Wonderful!
We are very excited to re-open the bookshop doors tomorrow, after nearly 3 months! We wish all the bookshops, libraries and other businesses around the country who are also re-opening, the very best of luck!
This has to be one of the most remarkable finds we have come across at Kennys. Found in a publisher's file today, a letter typed and signed by Winston Churchill on February 19th, 1947 - "No one comprehends the world."
This is your friendly reminder that there is NO delivery charge for Ireland on . The price you see for a book is the price you pay to get it into a letterbox in Ireland!
As Book Depository take their last orders today, we are here with an alternative online bookshop if you need!🙋
offers:
-New & secondhand books
-Free delivery in Ireland
-International shipping from €1 per book🌍
& thousands of books cheaper than Amazon
2024 is a special milestone year for us, as we celebrate 30 years of being online! Our website first launched in the summer of 1994, and it was the first e-commerce website in Ireland.
It was also the second bookshop in the world to go online, after.. /1
The great Irish writer Brendan Behan was born 100 years ago today. On the centenary of his birth, Tom Kenny remembers him.
"Brendan Behan was a regular visitor to Galway. He did not drive, so he always came by bus or by train. The trouble was that between the station and our /1
Kicking off what is a very special year for us, as in 2020 we are celebrating 80 years in business. In 1940, Des & Maureen Kenny opened the bookshop in Galway and it has been quite a journey to where we are today. Our thanks to all who have been part of it, here's to many more!
We're delighted to share that our bookshop will re-open on Monday June 8th! We'll be open 10:30-4pm Monday to Friday, with 10:30-11:30 for the elderly & vulnerable & with access to a set number of people, maintaining social distancing. We are very excited to welcome people back!
Back in May, archivist Sarah Gallagher found two gold coins down the side of an old prayerbook here in Kennys. Today, we donated the proceeds of the sale of these to two wonderful charities -
@galwaysimon
&
@irishredcross
, who received €2,300 each. A lovely end to a great story!
HELP NEEDED! A very elderly friend of ours is looking for a poem for his own gravestone - the only line he remembers is ‘…The drip drip of leaves’ - if anyone has any information or could help we would be so grateful. Hoping for a Christmas miracle!
Thomas Kinsella, giant of Irish letters, died today. We will miss him. "I thought beloved Ferdia would live forever after me - yesterday, a mountain-side; today, nothing but a shade." Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal (pictured at Kennys Bookshop, 1970s)
After 3 weeks of moving, dismantling, building, dusting and re-shelving, we're delighted to have a whole new layout to Kennys Bookshop! There are new bookshelves throughout the shop & a brand new oak front counter has also been fitted. We hope you'll all like it as much as we do!
People are really missing visiting bookshops at the moment, so here is a little walk around part of ours today - to give you something of a browse in a bookshop for now! 😊📚
Well we think this looks just lovely! 💚 What a great night it has been, we are so happy to have won this award and we can't thank everyone enough for the support. We also want to wish a huge congratulations to all those who won & were shortlisted for the various awards tonight.
Congratulations to Irish author Colin Barrett, who made the 2024 Booker Prize longlist today for his novel, Wild Houses. It's one of 13 books on this year's longlist, and the judges called it a 'superlatively written account of frustration and misadventure in a small Irish town'.
Today we visited the wonderful
@brattlebookshop
in Boston. While browsing the rare book floor, we happened to find a rare copy of John McGahern's The Leavetaking, which had an old Kennys business card inside.. from the 1980s!
If you are staycationing in Galway this Summer, we would love to welcome you to the bookshop. We are 15 minutes walk or 5 minutes drive from Eyre Square. Books old and new, art agus céad míle fáilte!
#Staycation
#Galway
We are looking to hire a Cataloguer here at Kennys. The role will involve cataloguing new and secondhand books aswell as some pamphlets and archival material. Preferably full time. Those interested can email Tomás on tkenny
@kennys
.ie with their details and availability.
#JobFairy
New photographs of Granny and Grandad put up in the wall just inside the front door, for the weekend that's in it. This day eighty years ago they were getting ready to open up their new bookshop.
If you're visiting Galway this Summer, we'd love to give you a céad míle fáilte at Kennys. We are just 5 minutes drive or 20 minutes walk from the city centre. There is plenty of parking space outside and all this and more inside! Hope to see you soon!
#Galway
We love the Irish way of addressing letters, and even more how they always make their way to the destination!
@Postvox
P.S.
@NualaNiC
- we have a letter here for you :)
We just got a call from someone who got an unexpected book in the post from Kennys today... someone had ordered it for them online as a surprise! They are always lovely phone calls to get as people are always so excited with unexpected book post. 🙂
We are quite overwhelmed with all the messages of congratulations we have received on winning the bookshop award last night! We want to say a huge thank you to each & every one of you for your messages & support. We really appreciate them all! Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir.
We just had a family call into the bookshop who are on holidays in Ireland from Croatia. They order books online from us regularly, and made a trip to Galway especially to visit the shop. It's made our day! 🥰