Last-minute gift ideas for every type of person in your life

If you are still scrambling, allow us to help!

Although we began compiling our gift guide in September for the December edition of Irish Country Magaazine, I am, admittedly, still shopping for most people on my list. If that is also you, don’t fret; there is still time to dazzle your loved ones on Christmas morning with thoughtful presents. While you may get ideas from our team picks, or this bumper beauty set guide – or our four-page gifting special in the magazine – here’s a little more inspiration.

For the vino lover

Sip and Keep set – for the “just one glass” crew. From €50, The Wine Opener

For the reader

The Ghosts of Rome by Joseph O’Connor, named An Post’s Irish Book of the Year 2025, €15.99

For comfort seekers

Suri alpaca slippers, €170, Cayo

For the homebody

Tableware  from ethical Irish homewares brand Tomorrows, such as the above hand-painted dessert plate by by potters in Fayoum, a region in Egypt that has been producing pottery for thousands of years. €59

For the nostalgia-lover

Nineties print, from €35, Prints of Ireland

For someone who needs to unwind

Bedtime Bliss face and body serum made with organic lavender, €48.90, Soak

For the coffee connoisseur

Anam Coffee, a small speciality coffee roastery located in the Burren, Christmas Coffee 2025 from Ethiopia, from €16

For the ‘Matcha Girlie’ (or guy)

The Matcha Station Gift Set by Irish business Mafia Matcha, a beautifully designed kit with all the tools needed to make ceremonial-grade matcha at home. Tools-only, €89, or with matcha included, €114.

For the goodwill gift

Studio Byrne Ádh crystal candle, €35, from Wrapped in Kindness – an online store that stocks Irish businesses and donates 10% of each sale to charity. The customer can choose from nine different charities. 

For the crafty type

Tickets for Bound by Women, which will take place in Bewley’s Grafton Street on January 6, is a step-by-step guide on the art of bookbinding.  The workshop will be hosted by artist Nicole Holbrook, who will offer creative prompts to attendees, inspired by Nollaig na mBan, €41.73

JANDO’s Print Workshops in The Chocolate Factory, Dublin, €75

For the condiment lover

Foxford Piccalilli Chutney, €6

The 12 Days of Christmas Preserves – twelve surprise preserves to savour in the lead-up to Christmas, €14.99. Folláin, the family-owned Irish preserves company, will donate 50% of all proceeds from online sales to The Simon Communities of Ireland, continuing a partnership that has already raised €58,000 since it began in 2021.

For the sweet tooth stocking filler

Baileys Chocolate Caramel Whirls (3 pack), made in Navan, Co. Meath by Lir Chocolates, €4

‘Legend’ 55% milk chocolate star (with velvety orange oil ganache and crisp pecan crunch) by PaulaPastry, €9.95, Mrs Tea’s on the Ashford Estate

For the cook

The Kai Cookbook by Jess Murphy, €35

For the stout lover

Butlers Chocolates and Wicklow Wolf collaboration ‘The Truffle Shuffle’, €30

For the magpie

Urú Collection (the Irish word for eclipse) by Siobhán Daly Designs is inspired by the moon’s ever-changing beauty. €49.99

For the person fascinated with the lunar cycle

Moon clock (which tracks and displays the lunar cycle in real-time), €67, Current

For the animal lover

Hemp Heros salmon-infused hemp oil to support your pets joints and immune system – made in Ireland. €59.99, Petmania

Irish Happy Tails Calendar 2026, a celebration of animals who have been rescued, rehabilitated, and rehomed through the NSPCA’s shelters nationwide, a collaboration between The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and renowned photographer James Crombie, €12.99

For the Gaeilgeoir

Sweater, €59, Fukil

For the person learning Gaeilge

An Irish Word A Day by Hector Ó hEochagáin, €22.99

For the fitness/wellness enthusiast

Tickets for WellFest, taking place both in Dublin and Belfast for the first time in 2026, from €104.05/£76.62 (early bird)

For the fashion lover

‘The Aurora’ plum jacket, €140, Sinead Keary

For the beauty add-ons

Melting Moisture Lip Balm, €23, Hildun Beauty

Flush balm, €29, Merit

For the chaotic one

Forget-Me-Not Family Calendar by Irish print company Bold Bunny, €29.95 

For the sentimentalist

Photo book by CEWE, from €13.99

For the craft lover

Wild Atlantic Metal Models, €36.10, Cowfield Design

Lay of the Land large bottleneck vessel, €90, Run Baby Run Pottery

For the staycation buddy

A Blue Book voucher, for a collection of Irish country house hotels, manor houses, castles and restaurants

For the Irish Christmas card

From €4, By Claire Schorman, a Co Wicklow-based illustrator

For the gift that keeps on giving…

A subscription to Ireland Country Magazine – each issue delivered right to your door for just €40