Dunnes Hardware

When you absolutely positively NEED velcro, or indeed literally anything else, stop by Dunnes Hardware.
Comedy builder’s hat? Check.
A new toasty beanie? Check.
Plastic piping to tidy some cables? Sure we have it out the back, son.

It’s a little messy, but I’m giving it 5 stars for customer service. I walked in looking for a specific screwdriver to take out my laptop battery with. The lovely man behind the counter found it for me. But he said he wasn’t sure it would work (IDK where the uncertainty was from), so he told me to also take another 6-​pack set of small screwdrivers, marked € 3. Then he charged me € 1 for the whole thing, citing a student discount. (I hadn’t even told him I was a student.) I wish I needed more hardware to buy from here!

I walked into this hardware store in need of light bulbs and some advice on how to hang a very complexe Ikea painting. Definitely not my scene, I’m more of a «Hardware for Dummies» kinda girl. I went straight up to the owner behind the counter with my damsel in distress eyes and he was really very helpful. He got me my bulbs, even explained a thing or two about lights and gave me great advice for my ikea furniture.

As a good hardware store should be, this place is cramped and every square inch is full of things you might need. Even the roof has things hanging from it at every point.
The owner seems to know where everything is and is very helpful.
Basically all your hardware needs. You don’t see to many shops like this any more. You gotta love them!

I found the two things I had on my shopping list here today — a nailbrush and a small bag of multi-​purpose compost. Yup, a likely duo. I guess I will need the nailbrush after I repot my plants («.)
I’ve used Dunnes Hardware for years and I cannot remember an occasion where I didn’t find what I went in for… but I’ve a head like a sieve, so I maybe wrong about this.
The place is small and cramped, but I like it… so much stuff all piled in. I was walking around today going «Ooo, they have those» and «look at that funky ashtray». I really need to hold myself back from buying things I don’t need. I have a gingerbread man cutter that I bought here years ago and still haven’t used!
So for kitchen gear, bathroom gear, your DIY shed /​toolbox, cleaning needs… this shop is worth checking out to see if they have what you want… and it never breaks the bank.
Oh and they stock Carbolic soap, which I understand is hard to come by these days!

I know this is slightly odd but I remember this place with slightly romantic undertones… not the usual reaction for a hardware store but this is where myself and then girlfriend /​now wife bought our first household goods… things like stick-​on numbers for the front door, a retractable clothes line, pegs, sweeping brush etc… in fact the shop has a huge selection of utterly random and always useful stuff… like a good hardware should.

Just moved into a new spot and a hardware store need has arisen for three reasons, which are:
1 — My roommate is an amazing painter and has a collection of paintings to hang but we live in a house with concrete walls from the 1900’s if not earlier.
2 — There is a really bad smell in the house, specifically the kitchen… It smells like rancid Irish ruling politics with vomit on top.
3 — I am the DIY enthusiast /​heavy duty fixer about the house. I want to train as a carpenter before I pop my clogs.
The lady there was a doll, she got me the exact holders that my roomie needed for the paintings and she also picked out a tack hammer for me.
Love this place for four reasons:
1 — I like when a granny tells me about the hardware I need, it’s a lovely change.
2 — The granny was a dote (& so fresh faced that only an Irish Gran can bestow, tis a genetic gift due to lots of rain infused hydration), we chatted about her grandkids, her mother in law, her house, Paddies day, her ill Mammy in Tipp. She told me that she works so hard there that she dreads the long days of daylight… Seriously! I asked why obviously;
«Well when the evenings are dark early I don’t have to hide the dirt… I’m so busy with work here, then running home to tidy, so when the sun comes out my lack of cleaning comes out!»
3 — It’s independent, it’s real, you can be a local. It’s Dublin old school — support!
4 — With my Dunnes inspired DIY vigor I sourced the location of the rancid smell which involved taking apart the fridge and nearly passing out with the sheer funkiness but I solved the problem. Thanks to the new tools I just bought.
In future when I do more DIY/​Art projects, this will be my spot…
Oh they only take CASH!!! ATM’s just a tick up the road.

I recently moved house and have become particularly enamored with DIY. Mainly because I was stupid enough to let my landlord off the hook without properly furnishing the new gaf. So I’ve started making regular trips to this particular DIY shop. It has a smorgasboard of screws, hammers, bulbs, an the usual gadgetry you’d expect from a hardware store. So if you wanna stick up a floating shelf or a just knock a lump outta your wall, make sure you make a stop here.

My boyfriend and I just moved into a new apartment. As with any new place, you settle in and realize that some of the things you’re used to, like plugs in the bathroom, or a door that opens, didn’t come with the place. At first you rant and rave, «how could an apartment have no bathroom outlets?! Why is there a door here if it doesn’t even open?! WTFFFFF» Then you rush out of the house in a huff and stumble upon a teeny hardware store and everything is better.
That’s what happened to us at least. We wandered in one day and chatted with the owner who was so helpful. We got set home with some extension cords and a kind of crowbar to bust that door open. Everything was fine and dandy, though I think we may have paid a premium for shopping at such a little place. But since the owner was there and it obviously is his livelihood, I didn’t feel so bad.

You might think it strange to find a hardware store, sandwiched between a chipper and a pub, on what is considered to be a bit of a party street. Then you realize the surprisingly wide selection of mops they sell, and it all makes sense.
If you knock over a pint on Georges/​Aungier/​Wexford/​Camden Street there’s an 80% chance it’ll be cleaned up with a mop from here.
They also sell high-​vis vests and hard hats, the former of which come in handy when sneaking into gigs and festivals… I’ve heard.