Great Outdoors

Great Outdoors has been kitting out Irish adventurers from its Dublin shop since 1976, and it remains Irish-owned and run today. The staff bring a genuinely deep well of experience between them, with well over two centuries of hiking, climbing, mountaineering and camping know-how on the shop floor, which shows in the advice on offer as much as the gear on the rails.

The edit leans heritage and outdoor, with serious technical hardware from Salewa, Black Diamond, Mountain Equipment and Helly Hansen, plus base layers, socks and thermals from Bridgedale, Darn Tough and SealSkinz. There's a gorpcore and sportswear side too, taking in Peak Performance, Craghoppers, Sprayway and Quiksilver, alongside wetsuit specialists C-Skins and Salty Crew for anyone whose adventures start at the coast rather than the hills.