Claddagh ring blog

Celtic Art and Design

CELTIC DESIGN AND ART Celtic approach to design proved resilient.  It flourished for over a thousand years, outlasting the Roman Empire.  These Celtic people appear to have originated in southern...

Celtic Art and Design

CELTIC DESIGN AND ART Celtic approach to design proved resilient.  It flourished for over a thousand years, outlasting the Roman Empire.  These Celtic people appear to have originated in southern...

Ardagh chalice

The chalice is a large, two-handled silver cup, decorated with gold, gilt bronze, brass, lead pewter and enamel, which has been assembled from 354 separate pieces; this complex construction is...

Ardagh chalice

The chalice is a large, two-handled silver cup, decorated with gold, gilt bronze, brass, lead pewter and enamel, which has been assembled from 354 separate pieces; this complex construction is...

Irish Jewelry through history - Tara Brooch

The Tara Brooch is a celtic brooch of about 700 AD generally considered to be the most impressive of over 50 elaborate Irish brooches to have been discovered. It was found in 1850...

Irish Jewelry through history - Tara Brooch

The Tara Brooch is a celtic brooch of about 700 AD generally considered to be the most impressive of over 50 elaborate Irish brooches to have been discovered. It was found in 1850...

Claddagh Ring History

The Claddagh Ring The Mantle, No. 13 (1970), pp 9—13 by Father George Quinn, Moycullen Introduction The Claddagh Ring is so called because it originated in the Claddagh, Galway, and was constantly used in this...

Claddagh Ring History

The Claddagh Ring The Mantle, No. 13 (1970), pp 9—13 by Father George Quinn, Moycullen Introduction The Claddagh Ring is so called because it originated in the Claddagh, Galway, and was constantly used in this...