Tommy Duffy

4th generation bookbinder with @duffybookbinder. Iover of dusty and interesting old books . You will find me in my garden or on the sideline of a GAA pitch!

[Tommy Duffy @CollectableBook]

Living in Drogheda, I went for a walk today and a little explore. I came across this spot that overlooks the town. Cromwell attacked the town from this hill and it is marked with a stone. Hidden away, I found the words very apt for these times @drogheda @OldeEire @droghedaleader

[Tommy Duffy @CollectableBook]

This has been sitting on the shelf of my bindery for too long. Lacking spine and front board. Time to give it some care.

[Brian Groom @GroomB]

Dublin Streets: a Vendor of Books, 1889, painting by Walter Frederick Osborne, Irish artist, 1859-1903 (National Gallery of Ireland).

[Heather O'Donnell @honeyandwaxbks]

Six weeks left to apply for the 2026 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize, $1000 for an outstanding book collection built by a woman aged 30 or younger. Details on our website! This is the tenth and final year of the prize, so if you’ve been holding off on applying, seize the day.

[Tommy Duffy @CollectableBook]

https://t.co/pSJlIfOIUd

[Tommy Duffy @CollectableBook]

Not too many craft products are designed by one person and produced by another on the same little street in Dublin. #bloom2023

[Duffy Bookbinders @duffybookbinder]

If you find yourself at #bloom2023 be sure to drop by the craft Village and visit our neighbour Adelle Hickey. All beautiful designs are by Adelle and we are delighted to produce all her hand bound notebooks.

[Tommy Duffy @CollectableBook]

For some a very big decision!

[Duffy Bookbinders @duffybookbinder]

What's your go to font?? #Ludlow #type

[Tommy Duffy @CollectableBook]

A nice distraction from a quick run up town on my lunch break today.

[Duffy Bookbinders @duffybookbinder]

Fantastic to see our notebooks in the window display of @DubrayBooks new shop on Dublin's Henry Street..within walking distance of The Five Lamps,foiled on the cover.

[Tommy Duffy @CollectableBook]

Decisions, decisions when it comes to headbands!!

[Duffy Bookbinders @duffybookbinder]

Lots of cornering means lots of case making!

[Tommy Duffy @CollectableBook]

Something magical about the older brass foiling blocks..another little discovery that becomes a distraction when looking for something else in the bindery!#bookbinding

[Tommy Duffy @CollectableBook]

Plan on finishing this off with some hand tooling this week..I'm forever putting my own books to the side for a couple of weeks!

[Tommy Duffy @CollectableBook]

I like to read on the tran but sometimes you just have to look out the window..Malahide estuary on a September Thursday morning!

[Tommy Duffy @CollectableBook]

Thats us for the weekend..we will be back on Monday..have a good one.

[Duffy Bookbinders @duffybookbinder]

Have you got yours yet?? #FridayFeeling #bookbinding

[Tommy Duffy @CollectableBook]

There is a wonderful story behind the paper we used as the covering material for these bespoke notebooks produced for @14HenriettaSt

[Duffy Bookbinders @duffybookbinder]

Read how we used a very unique paper to create these beautiful bespoke notebooks for @14HenriettaSt
https://t.co/1y0q9j4bD9

[Duffy Bookbinders @duffybookbinder]

Casing in our hand bound notebooks this morning..pictured is the Celtic design of the Dara Celtic Knot, blind debossed on linen finish bookcloth. #bookbinding #madelocal

[Tommy Duffy @CollectableBook]

Putting our book press to good use this morning!

[Duffy Bookbinders @duffybookbinder]

Finishing off the week casing in a run of family histories for a customer. #bookbinding #madelocal

[Duffy Bookbinders @duffybookbinder]

Just back this week after being closed for our holidays so feels good to start getting orders out again.

[Tommy Duffy @CollectableBook]

A morning spent casing in with my Dad chatting about last nights football..a few hours of normality!

[Duffy Bookbinders @duffybookbinder]

The satisfaction after casing in a job..less physical afternoon of dustjacketing awaits!!

[Tommy Duffy @CollectableBook]

Designed in Ireland and bound in Ireland..#madelocal

[Duffy Bookbinders @duffybookbinder]

all beautiful designs from Lily that are very very popular.

[Tommy Duffy @CollectableBook]

All our notebooks are bound by hand and produced from our small family bindery in Dublin..#madelocal @DCCIreland

[Duffy Bookbinders @duffybookbinder]

Delighted to be part of the @DCCIreland #madelocal campaign once again..we have had great support this past year from people keen to support Irish craft and small business.