A new chapter on Cork’s Paul Street as bookshop ends literary link

New chapters beckon at the premises of one of Cork City’s longest-established bookshops, Connolly’s, as owner Adrian Connolly prepares to retire after decades dealing in old and rare books, new books, and records.

The place has been a trove, piled to the rafters, and a charming magnet for browsers and buyers: it’s been the personification of an old world book shop.

The shop, on Paul Street Plaza, has an address of no 14 Brown Street, recalling when this street ran from Paul Street to the River Lee, by Lavitts Quay, and used to house the Jennings soda-water factory.