{"id":578236,"date":"2026-08-01T03:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T03:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/578236\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T03:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T03:20:09","slug":"103-independent-shops-across-ireland-worth-travelling-for-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/578236\/","title":{"rendered":"103 independent shops across Ireland worth travelling for this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"contextmenu internal_Body1st\">Every year in the weeks before Christmas, I write a hugely popular <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/lifestyle\/people\/arid-41749260.html\">all-Irish gift guide<\/a> that supports small businesses across the country, with a focus on online shopping. Recently, we had a thought in one of our team meetings: wouldn\u2019t it be nice to give a similar boost to physical shops over the summer and encourage shoppers to discover new and delightful businesses?<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">With that in mind, I put a call-out on my Instagram page asking people to share any local bricks-and-mortar shops they would highlight as being worthy of a visit for anyone passing by. I also asked colleagues across the country for their recommendations. The response was overwhelming. I\u2019ve spent the last few months sifting through the comments, messages, and emails I received from people raving about their favourite Irish shops to visit.<\/p>\n<p> This is exclusive subscriber content. Already a subscriber? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/login\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/clubber irishexaminer_0.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t    \tEvery Match. Every Story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subheadline\">One Ultimate Bundle<\/p>\n<p> No obligation. Ts&amp;Cs apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every year in the weeks before Christmas, I write a hugely popular all-Irish gift guide that supports small&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43,19930],"class_list":["post-578236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-this-much-i-know-column-shape-i"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}