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IRISH DANCING TARA BROOCH

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Silver Plate Celtic Brooch with coloured enamel and faceted stones. Legend: The Tara Brooch is a Celtic brooch from about 700AD. It is generally considered to be the most impressive of over 50 elaborate Irish Brooches. It was supposedly found in August 1850 on the beach at Bettystown, Co. Meath. The finder, a woman and [...]

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Claddagh Brooch

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Pewter Brooch in Claddagh design. Boxed in a purple gift box. 16th century legend tells of Richard Joyce from Claddagh, Co. Galway, who was captured by Moor pirates and enslaved. In captivity he became a master of his trade (Goldsmith). His skilful hands shaped a unique ring for the woman he could never forget at [...]

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Shamrock Brooch

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Pewter Brooch in Shamrock design. Boxed in a purple gift box. The Shamrock is a three leaved clover that grows in Ireland. It is said that while Patrick was preaching an open-air sermon on the Holy Trinity, and an old Druid began to heckle him, ridiculing the idea that the three divine beings could somehow [...]

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Trinity Knot (Border) Brooch

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Pewter Brooch in Trinity Knot with Border design. Boxed in a purple gift box. Trinity Knot (Triquetra) is the simplest of Celtic Knots symbolizing a triune God. For the Celts everything came in threes, maid, mother, crone & the three elements: earth, fire and water. Christianity embraced this knot to symboilize the Father, Son and [...]

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Celtic Spiral Design Brooch

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Pewter Brooch in Spiral design. Boxed in a purple gift box. Perhaps the best-known of all Celtic motifs the spiral dates back to the 5000 year old tomb complex at Newgrange. Thought originally to have symbolised the Eternal Cycle of Life, Death and Rebirth, in later times it came to represent the Great Goddess and [...]

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Silver Plated Green Shamrock Brooch

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Silver plate brooch in Shamrock design with green enamelling. The Shamrock is a three leaved clover that grows in Ireland. It is said that while Patrick was preaching an open-air sermon on the Holy Trinity, and an old Druid began to heckle him, ridiculing the idea that the three divine beings could somehow be one. [...]

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Silver Plated Green CZ Harp Brooch

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Silver Plate brooch in harp design. Based on the ancient lyre, the Irish harp is one of the world’s oldest instruments. The Harp motif commemorates the rich legacy of the Bardic tradition. For a thousand years in his multifaceted role as a poet as a poet and storyteller, teacher and historian, guardian of the law [...]

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Irish Dance Brooch with Claddagh Design

Admin — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 14:33:55 +0000

Silver Plated Celtic Brooch with coloured enamel and faceted stones. Boxed in a purple gift box. Legend: 16th century legend tells of Richard Joyce from Claddagh, Co. Galway, who was captured by Moor pirates and enslaved. In captivity he became a master of his trade (Goldsmith). His skilful hands shaped a unique ring for the [...]

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Celtic Cross Irish Dance Brooch

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Silver Plated Celtic Brooch with coloured enamel and faceted stones. Boxed in a purple gift box. The subtle merging of cultures characterising the ancient Celtic church is brilliantly represented in the Celtic Cross. Here the Sun Wheel, symbol of the eternal cycle of life, death and rebirth is joined with the Christian Cross symbol of [...]

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Irish Dance Brooch

Admin — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 12:52:01 +0000

Silver Plated Celtic Brooch with coloured enamel and faceted stones. Boxed in a purple gift box The subtle merging of cultures characterising the ancient Celtic church is brilliantly represented in the Celtic Cross. Here the Sun Wheel, symbol of the eternal cycle of life, death and rebirth is joined with the Christian Cross symbol of [...]

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