‘Every few years something happens which is going to kill the book’ – How an iconic Galway bookshop continues to thrive after 85 years
The iconic Galway business has seen many changes since it first opened in 1940
Tomás, Sarah and Tom KennyIt has been a bittersweet end to 2025 for the Kenny family, the owners of the iconic Galway city bookshop. Days after gathering to celebrate an incredible 85 years of bookselling, the Kenny family were once again joined by staff past and present, colleagues and friends for an altogether more sombre occasion – the funeral of Dessy Kenny. Remembered as an “outstanding” bookseller and a “great storyteller”, Dessy Kenny was an integral part of the Kennys team. A son of the the business’s founders, Des and Maureen Kelly, Dessy spent his entire life working in the family business.
