Bantry Bookshop

07/08/2026

Some sizzling summer reads 🔥

05/08/2026

There is a busy month ahead at the shop and everyone is welcome to attend any - or all - of the events. These are the key dates for the upcoming events - further details will follow under separate posts, but this is the main outline of items.

05/08/2026

A wonderful opportunity to see Shevaun Doherty demonstrate her exquisite art skills live and talk with her about botanical art. Shevaun has been an important part of ‘Team Ellen’ since the first Festival in 2015 and has painted many plants with a link to Ellen including mosses, liverworts, seawe...

01/08/2026

Bank holiday weekend opening times: Saturday 10am -6pm. Closed on Sunday. Open bank holiday Monday 11am-3pm.

30/07/2026

Always lovely to meet and stock local independents. Bríd stopped in today with copies of her book ‘The Teacher who Barked at the Dog’

26/07/2026

Looking forward to this….

Historical re-enactor, Carrie O’Flynn, will be in costume and have with her all the period appropriate items to enable you to learn to write with a quill pen using oak gall ink. Correspondence was hugely significant in Ellen’s story and you can see one of Ellen’s letters to her brothers about ...

24/07/2026

Some really interesting books have arrived and I can’t wait to choose one for the weekend! If anyone has read one of these yet please feel free to leave some feedback …. 😊

22/07/2026

Cathi Fleming stopped in to sign copies of her book ‘The Nun of Ravensbruk’ which is based on the incredible true story of Sister Kate McCarthy from Drimoleague.

20/07/2026

Fans of Jack Roberts work will be delighted to see these publications are now back in stock ….