Only in villages in rural Ireland do shops like this still exist and the spar in Glengarriff is a…read moreprime example of this Irish retail phenomenon. So its a spar but it's never called spar, it's always o'Sheas, nothing strange there, it does everything your normal spar does but it also does DVD rentals and then there is the Post Office in the back of the shop and that's where the uniqueness comes from, it's a multifunctional shop that caters for almost all of your needs! You can get your groceries, your entertainment for an evening including a bottle of wine and at the same time you can post a letter to your great aunt in somewhere or other and all in one shop! Brilliant! I like their little bakery type section in here by the way, they have chocolate doughnuts unlike any i have ever tasted, yummy doughy part with powdered sugar and inside is a runny delicious smooth milk chocolate, so very good and so very bad for you! Definitely something you should try when you go into this shop, ahhhh I need one now just thinking about it!

This shop has been around for so very long. It's totally aimed at tourists, there is no reason for…read moreany local to ever go near the place as there is unlikely to be anything that you would use in there unless you're in the market for a sheep skin rug or something adorned with shamrocks. There is a real mix of what you can buy in this shop too, i mean it does not specialise in any one product, you can get jams or glass ornaments or pottery or Aran jumpers (and anything else Aran you can think of!) and any number of things that have leprechauns or Celtic designs printed on the side. One interesting thing about this shop is the old petrol pump outside the door, there is no petrol available in it and there has not been for years but it still stands there looking all lonely on the side of the road. It's just nice to imagine that at some stage in its life it was used and imagine what the cars looked like then! Anyway, hopefully its never removed, its an odd bit of history for Glengarriff.

I found Qulls at Glengarriff a wonderful shopping experience. They were extremely helpful and the…read moreshirts that I bought for my husband were absolutely perfect. In fact, I want to get in touch with them, so that I can buy him some more and get them sent out to Australia. Well done - Qulls in Glengarriff!