Powell & Sons Music

You know you’ve walked into a Trad shop when next to the musical instruments, sheet music, and Irish tapes and CD’s you encounter a huge glass case filled with tobacco pipes, a selection of macs and a bucket of walking canes. This shop has an assortment of musical instruments including concertinas, accordions, mandolins and even wooden spoons. They have a huge selection of sheet music with many contemporary songs as well as old favorites.
I didn’t find out much about the history of this shop while I was there, but I found this little blurb on
: «This shop is steeped in history, located on the site of the Church of St. John of Jerusalem. This church was inhabited by the Jesuits until Cromwellian forces took it over in 1650. One possible explanation for why this spot is called the Four Corners is that this area was previously the only crossroads in Galway. The shop has been owned by Powell and Sons since 1918, when the family began selling snuff from the premises. They now specialize in traditional Irish and classical music, selling a varied range of musical instruments, tapes and CDs. Upstairs there are various painting implements such as paintbrushes, oils and charcoal.»