Situated in the heart of the historical maritime town of Bantry, the Bantry Bookstore continues a proud tradition of independent bookstores in West Cork. Owned and run by sisters Kate Smyth and Marney Smyth Fischer, the bookshop offers a wide variety of reading materials from contemporary Irish and international fiction and poetry, non fiction, history, archaeology and Irish culture, nature and science, as well as a Children’s Department, literature for teens and young adults and extensive second hand, bargain book and greeting card departments.