We hope that you’ll step out of the box in which the boring wedding gifts reside and that you’ll consider going with a unique option that will be sure to elicit a heartfelt “thank you” from the new couple. You can relish in the fact that every time the new couple snuggles in their authentic Irish wool blanket you gave them as a gift, that they’ll smile and think of you!
Today's blog offers insight into the iconic Newsboy cap. The history of this cap is interesting and you will see why this Irish cap remains popular today with both men, women and children.
Biddy Murphy CEO Ward Gahan takes up the pen to write about one of Biddy Murphy's longest partnerships... John Hanly & Co.! Learn more about one of Ireland's best weavers by reading this blog!
When people think of Celtic culture, sometimes their mind goes straight to a man wearing a patterned kilt playing a matching set of fabric bagpipes. It’s a vivid cultural image, in part thanks to to the rich fabric that man is wearing. The kilt of this imaginary man is tartan, a pattern of interlocking lines of varying width that run horizontal and vertical across the fabric. In Scotland, the Tartans have large cultural significance. The oldest known tartan item in Scotland dates back to the third or fourth century. In early times, tartan would have been homespun with wool. The...
