This year Kennys celebrates 75 years of bookselling and 21 years of selling online as kennys.ie. Our staff of 18 includes eight Kennys. We stock about 650,000 volumes, new, second-hand and antiquarian books. In addition to selling on kennys.ie, we work with Amazon, ABE, Alibris and other portals to sell into countries all over the world. We also offer free shipping worldwide.
We recently featured in the Irish Times in a detailed and personal piece penned by Tom Kenny. Read the article on the Irish Times now >>>
Kennys Bookshop in Galway: a bestseller for 75 years
Tom Kenny, son of founders Des and Maureen, recounts the remarkable history of an Irish literary institution that began as a romance and became a blockbuster – ‘a world of its own, and a key to worlds unknown’
The Kenny family prior to moving the bookshop from High Street to Liosbán: from left, front, Conor, Maureen, Tom, and back, Jane, Des and Monica. “Three members of staff are third-generation family, and they, like their grandparents, strive to make Kenny’s Bookshop a world of its own, and a key to worlds unknown.” Photographs: Frank Miller and Eric Luke.
This year Kennys Bookshop in Galway celebrates 75 years of bookselling and 21 years of selling online as kennys.ie. Our staff of 18 includes eight Kennys. We stock about 650,000 volumes, new, second-hand and antiquarian books. In addition to selling on kennys.ie, we work with Amazon, ABE, Alibris and other portals to sell into countries all over the world. We also offer free shipping worldwide... read more on the IRISH TIMES now >>>
(Opening paragraph and images courtesy of the Irish Times)
