Claddagh ring blog

Claddagh ring meaning

The Claddagh ring is a traditional Irish ring that represents love, loyalty, and friendship. It is often given as a gift to symbolize these values, and it is also commonly...

Claddagh ring meaning

The Claddagh ring is a traditional Irish ring that represents love, loyalty, and friendship. It is often given as a gift to symbolize these values, and it is also commonly...

Book of Kells

The portraits in the Book of Kells have presented art historians with a number of problems.  The manuscript, as we know it, is incomplete and only three of the portrait...

Book of Kells

The portraits in the Book of Kells have presented art historians with a number of problems.  The manuscript, as we know it, is incomplete and only three of the portrait...

CROSS CARPET-PAGE

Lindisfarne Gospels There is no doubting the Celtic nature of this design.  Against a mesh of tightly packed animal interlacing, the outline of a cross with vase-shaped arms stands out....

CROSS CARPET-PAGE

Lindisfarne Gospels There is no doubting the Celtic nature of this design.  Against a mesh of tightly packed animal interlacing, the outline of a cross with vase-shaped arms stands out....

THE TARA BROOCH

THE TARA BROOCH

Bettystown, Co.Meath, gilt bronze, eight century Despite its name, this celebrated item of jewellery was not discovered at Tara.  It was actually found in a wooden box on the beach...

THE TARA BROOCH

Bettystown, Co.Meath, gilt bronze, eight century Despite its name, this celebrated item of jewellery was not discovered at Tara.  It was actually found in a wooden box on the beach...

BRONZE HARNESS MOUNTS

  Polden Hills, Somerset, first century AD Horses played a major part in early Celtic society, so it is not surprising that archaelogists have unearthed a wide variety of objects...

BRONZE HARNESS MOUNTS

  Polden Hills, Somerset, first century AD Horses played a major part in early Celtic society, so it is not surprising that archaelogists have unearthed a wide variety of objects...

Book of Durrow

The Durrow Gospels constitute one of the earliest masterpieces of Insular book production.  A later inscription in the volume suggests that it was based on a manuscript once owned by...

Book of Durrow

The Durrow Gospels constitute one of the earliest masterpieces of Insular book production.  A later inscription in the volume suggests that it was based on a manuscript once owned by...