Claddagh ring blog

Origins of the Claddagh ring

Galway has produced Claddagh rings continuously since at least 1700, but the name "Claddagh ring" was not used before the 1840s. As an example of a maker, Bartholomew Fallon was a 17th-century Irish goldsmith,...

Origins of the Claddagh ring

Galway has produced Claddagh rings continuously since at least 1700, but the name "Claddagh ring" was not used before the 1840s. As an example of a maker, Bartholomew Fallon was a 17th-century Irish goldsmith,...