Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery
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Independent bookshop and art gallery in Galway, Ireland. Online at https://t.co/NMYTY5i0CH. Free delivery in Ireland and we ship worldwide. New, used & rare books.
Galway, Ireland
Joined December 2009
Irish businesses will struggle to compete with Amazon ie, both online and in the high street. Shop direct with your Irish retailers, who already exist. Support local, not the billionaires.
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Dean Kelly talks to Judy Murphy of Galway's City Tribune, ahead of his new exhibition opening this Friday. @DeanKellyArts @CTribune
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Capturing change in home place
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So enjoyed stopping in @KennysBookshop on Tuesday, Oct. 21, and visiting with both Tom and Sarah Kenny! The shop is preeminent in Ireland, operating here since 1940, as an important resource for readers and for authors alike. A visit here is a "must" for any true book lovers.
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Episode 7 of The #10MinuteBookClub is up with a special mystery guest! Today we're discussing SOLO by Gráinne O'Brien! It has been shortlisted for the @booksaremybag Young Adult Fiction Readers Awards! Listen here! https://t.co/zoyltEcaO8
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Exhibition opening at Kennys on October 24th at 6pm - join us to celebrate @DeanKellyArts's new collection of over 40 paintings, photographs and drawings of Galway, with special guest Phill Jupitus. All are welcome! https://t.co/fSxpkylvwy
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We're so sorry to see this happened to our friends at the lovely @BooksUpstairs last night. Thankfully everyone is okay!
A small fire at the front of the bookshop was started last night after rubbish bags that were awaiting collection were set on fire. The guards don’t have reason at this time to believe it was a targeted attack. Thankfully the damage was limited and everyone is safe.
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and was such a positive presence. He has left such a wonderful legacy to the country, but for me I will just miss his sporadic phone calls, emails and visits, all of which inevitably left me in a better place than before. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. Tomás Kenny
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Ní bheidh a leitheid arís ann is an overused phrase, but it could not be more apt than with Manchán Magan. He would tell you a story about the origin of the phrase, and why it's used more in certain parts of the country than others. He crammed so much into his 55 years, /1
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The new book by the bestselling author of 'Poor', @katrionaos has just been announced for publication next April! 'Hungry' is a memoir about her relationship with her body, self-acceptance, and an ongoing effort to find an identify and feel enough. https://t.co/3LjSB9CL8E
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🎨 A small painting, just finished, will be in 'Is Was' * exhibition opens in one month * FRI 24 OCT, at The Kenny Gallery, Galway. New paintings, drawings and photographs. Very special guest speaker to be announced... save the date! 📌 #DeanKelly #art #exhibition
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The brand new novel by @EmerTheScreamer and @SarahJayBee - authors of the bestselling Aisling series - has just been announced, and we're so delighted to launch our Exclusive Kennys Signed Limited Edition! Limited to 750 copies - we love it! https://t.co/qUfGAPXKXi
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Join us at Kennys tomorrow (Saturday 20th) for an event to launch this stunning new exhibition of over 50 sculptures and drawings by John Behan, 'A Terrible Beauty'. The event is at 2.30pm - all welcome! You can also view the full exhibition online. https://t.co/h8cAKPL53P
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Delighted to attend the launch of Ted Turton's memoir, My Travels with Footsbarn Theatre, hosted by the brilliant team at @KennysBookshop. Our founder, Ray O'Connor, has a long history with Ted, a true pioneer and co-founder of @GalwayIntArts. A fantastic evening!
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We are delighted to announce a remarkable exhibition of nearly 40 new sculptures by John Behan at Kennys. It includes several pieces inspired by the tragedy of Gaza, aswell as signature Behan motifs including flights of birds and bulls. Online now: https://t.co/nsqii6oUB5
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An evening amongst Galway legends in @KennysBookshop for the launch of Ted Turton book full of amazing stories with @OllieJennings and co. Their artistic foot and hand prints is simply extraordinary.
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The new YA romantasy novel by Galway based author Catherine Doyle is out in a week, and all preorders of The Rebel and the Rose at Kennys will have a chance to win one of these gorgeous art prints! Preorder here and be automatically entered: https://t.co/yc0AXUZS0x
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Booklaunch this Friday at 6pm! Galway based artist and co-founder of the Galway International Arts Festival, Ted Turton, will be launching his memoir 'My Travels with Footsbarn Theatre' at Kennys this Friday evening with Ollie Jennings. Come along if you're free, all are welcome!
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Delighted ‘Is Was’ included in Autumn edition of Irish Arts Review. Many thanks Paula, Yvonne and team for feature 🙏 "tensions between past and present, using a visual language to suggest the quiet transformations of place", something like that! From 24 Oct, Kenny Gallery Galway
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All Ireland Champions! Congratulations to the Galway Rapparees who won the Intermediate Mens Rounders All Ireland Final today with a 10-6 defeat over Emo of Laois. We're so proud to support this club! Special congrats to Kennys' own Tomás Kenny and Jay Hall. Gaillimh Abú! 🏆
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All-Ireland champions, thanks to @KennysBookshop, @Galway_GAA @BellewPaul, @MonroesLive , @Mulliganj, @gbfmsports, @galwayad, @CTribune for all the support over the last three years.
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