The Fumbally occupies the ground floor of a large modern apartment building on the corner of Fumbally Lane and New South Street. You can identify it by the open, warehouse-style space visible through its entrance, often characterized by a…
Creative Spaces and Coffee
This walk leads you through Dublin's vibrant creative hubs, highlighting contemporary art galleries, independent design shops, and iconic specialty coffee houses.
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1. The Fumbally
2. Jam Art Factory Irish Art and Design Shop, Patrick Street
Jam Art Factory occupies space within the historic Iveagh Trust building on Patrick Street. Brothers Mark and John Haybyrne opened this location in May two thousand eleven, initially conceiving it as a contemporary art gallery. The name…
3. George's Street Arcade
George’s Street Arcade is defined by its exterior of red brick and terracotta decorative turrets. This Victorian-Gothic building opened in eighteen eighty-one as the South City Markets, serving as Ireland's first purpose-built shopping…
4. Kaph
Kaph sits at thirty-one Drury Street, distinguished by an industrial, minimalist facade that opens into a two-story space dedicated to specialty coffee. Established in two thousand thirteen, the shop helped shape the third-wave coffee…
5. Powerscourt Townhouse Centre
The Powerscourt Townhouse Centre is marked by a heavy granite façade that appears more like a grand country manor than an urban residence. Built between seventeen seventy-one and seventeen seventy-four for Richard Wingfield, the third…
6. Clement & Pekoe
Clement and Pekoe occupies a storefront on South William Street defined by its arched entrance and a focus on loose-leaf tea and direct-trade coffee. Founders Dairine Keogh and Simon Cummins started the business in two thousand eight,…
7. Project Arts Centre🎭
The Project Arts Centre on East Essex Street is identifiable by the prominent, highly glazed upper foyer and theatre bar that overlook the cobblestones of Temple Bar. This glass front serves as a bright, public-facing beacon within the…
8. Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios is a contemporary art space housed within a repurposed shirt factory. You can identify the building by the metal-clad studios sitting as a distinct, boxy structure atop a square base, featuring external…