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Wexford provides a wonderful
mix of unique shops, and is the perfect place to get distinctive
gifts. We have itemised a selection of shops to give a
flavour of the Wexford shopping
experience at Christmas. Pick
from these categories below or just scroll down to read them all.
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a suggested selection:
Barkers of Wexford
Large Gift shop, Christmas Shop (seasonal), Waterford crystal, China &
glassware, occasional furniture, giftware, kitchen shop.
Westgate Design
Large Gift shop & restaurant Christmas Shop
(seasonal), occasional furniture,
mirrors, paintings, jewellery, fashion, giftware.
Coleman Doyle
shops;
Set of shops in one block: Christmas shop (seasonal), furniture shop,
interiors, furniture, bathroom shop, giftware & lighting, pet shop,
hardware.
MacCauleys
Large Health & Beauty shop – health, beauty, gifts, jewellery,
pharmacy.
www.smcc.ie
Lingerie
Wexford is well served with, amongst others, Allure, O’Briens, and
Pretty in Pink (the last one is set in a beautiful town house,
Clarence House, just off the main shopping area. The rest of
Clarence House is devoted to “Bridins”, an excellent beauty salon &
health spa – perfect for a respite from shopping!)
Boutiques
There are a huge selection of boutiques across all price ranges,
most of which are unique to Wexford.
Jewellery;
good range of jewellers, also there Wexford has both a goldsmith and
a silversmith that sell their own designs. See
www.martinsjewellers.com
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Country Crafts
Kilmore Quay. Irish crafts, giftware, paintings by local artists.
Walter Doyle Design
Bridgetown, (3 miles from cottage),
interior shop, has home accessories, rugs, throws, vases, paintings,
furniture, jewellery
Kiltrea Bridge Pottery
Enniscorthy
www.kiltreapottery.com
White Gate Art Gallery
Kilmore Quay.
Artist Wilhelm Balcerzak welcomes
people to view his paintings in his home studio by appointment. Work
constantly changing and evolving. His work is also on display nearby
in both Hotel Saltees and The Lobster Pot restaurant.
www.whitegateartgallery.com
Ballyelland Pottery
Castlebridge (near Wexford town).
Shop & working studio set in beautiful 19th century mill.
Selskar Design
Wexford town. Decorative arts and
crafts, designed and hand crafted in Wexford. Ceramics, textiles,
timber, jewellery. Fair trade coffee dock on site.
Greenacres
Wexford town. Food & wine hall ~
Art & gift Gallery. This is an exceptional shop, the wine, food and
art selection is huge. Greenacres were awarded the 'Best Fine Wine
Merchant (Nationwide) 2004' at the Sunday Business Post Wine Awards.
www.greenacres.ie
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Dunnes Stores
Irish
version of M & S, has superb home section and good gift section.
Also, clothing ~ (ladies, gents & childrens clothing) shoes,
grocery. Childrens clothing is particularly popular with overseas
visitors, (and those of us who live here too!), as it is high
quality, good value and there is a large range to choose from. There
are 2 stores in Wexford town.
www.dunnesstores.ie
Shaws
Irish owned stores
selling perfume, stationery, clothing ~ (ladies, gents & childrens
clothing), footwear, gift section, home accessories.
www.shaws.ie
Heatons
Budget
department store. Videos & DVDs, clothing ~ (ladies, gents &
childrens clothing), footwear, Gift section, home accessories.
www.heatons.biz
Penneys
Clothing, footwear and homewares at
the budget end of the market.
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Wexford Book Centre
A
book lovers haven. Set over two
floors with helpful staff, this store has a huge range of books,
magazines, cards, stationery, music and films. Has a coffee dock,
sofas, chairs, and a special children's section and play area.
Byrnes Bookstore
Also a large toy store
www.buy4now.ie/worldofwonder
Hughes & Hughes
Has a good children's book section,
with an interesting fish tank set into the wall.
www.hughesbooks.com
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Toymaster
There are 2 stores in Wexford, one on
the Main Street, and a larger one in a retail park on the outskirts
of town.
World of Wonder
Part of Byrnes bookstore, this large
toy shop is located on the Main Street of Wexford.
www.buy4now.ie/worldofwonder
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Carraig Donn
An Irish (family owned) retailer of a comprehensive range of quality
clothing, innovative gifts and lifestyle products. Successfully
known for carrying leading Irish giftware labels such as Newbridge
Silverware, Waterford Crystal, Genesis, Belleek China, Stephen
Pearce and Louis Mulcahy Pottery; Carraig Donn also carries leading
Irish fashion
www.carraigdonn.com.
Atlantic
Homecare
This large store has extensive range of home décor, gardening and
DIY products
www.buy4now.ie/atlantic.
Argos
Well known shopping-by-catalogue store .Wexford has an Argos Extra
store.
www.argos.ie
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