Ireland’s oldest bookshop – one of the oldest in the world – and a cornerstone of Dublin’s literary heritage since it was founded in 1768, Hodges Figgis is a cultural icon. A favourite haunt of writers and readers alike since it opened, the bookshop can be found named on the pages of works by authors from James Joyce – who imagined ‘The virgin at Hodges Figgis’ window on Monday looking in for one of the alphabet books you were going to write’ – to Paul Durcan and Sally Rooney, whose Conversations with Friends features a whole chapter set in the bookshop.