155: #155 | Ochto Bliain Ag Fas: Tomas Kenny & Kenny's Bookshop

Published: Dec. 4, 2020, midnight

b"Bookshops and their proprietors thrive on browsers, on\\xa0 customers asking for recommendations,on\\xa0 book launches and on all the little interactions which the pandemic has robbed us of.\\xa0\\n\\n\\nSo what's it like to run a bookshop in a pandemic?\\xa0\\n\\n\\nAs well as being a Galway institution for eighty years, Kenny's Bookshop is a family business for three generations and counting. Tom\\xe1s Kenny is part of that third generation.\\xa0\\n\\n\\nHe tells Darach about the book business - battles with censors, noticing when a book has been mentioned on TV and his shop's commit to Irish language publishing.\\xa0\\n\\n\\nYou can find Kenny's bookshop online at www.kennys.ie\\n\\n---\\n\\n\\nSupport Motherfocloir on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/darach\\xa0\\n\\n\\nGet Kirsten Shiel art prints here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/kirstenshiel/\\xa0\\n\\n\\n---\\n\\n\\nContact the show:\\n\\n\\nwhatsapp - +353894784713\\n\\n\\n\\ntwitter - @motherfocloir and @theirishfor\\n\\n\\nemail - motherfocloir@headstuff.org\\n\\n\\n\\n---\\n\\n\\nWant to record your own podcast? Check out our studios at https://thepodcaststudios.ie\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"