Eason & Son Ltd

A little bit too expensive but I do shop there as it has all my needs

As a child, every Christmas I’d be brought on a special trip to the “big city” to do our Christmas shopping, and one of the first places I’d head for was Easons. Spread over its three floors were all the books, magazines, stationery and music I could imagine - specialist calligraphy sets, textbooks, modern novels as well as the full range of classical literature, I could be abandoned to the shop for hours. Over the years that I’ve been going, Eason’s has always kept up with the current trends - moving from tapes, to cDs and on to DVDs and arthouse movies; from mutlicoloured Filofaxes and ring binders to up-to-the-minute electronic gadgets and media storage. Their support of Irish-related literature and language tools is also exemplary - being an Irish chain of shops, they’re proud to support all things Gaelic. Ultimately, Eason’s is the home of everything stationery-related in Cork City - there is practically nothing you can’t get there for eager back-to-schoolers or keen arts-and-crafters, and their range of products is still second to none.

Catering the more commercial end of the book market, Easons has all the latest bestsellers as well as an extensive selection of magazines and newspapers. Good art section too.