Thomas Dillons, Galway, the Claddagh-museum
1 Quay Street, Galway
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Galway, Ireland Girls Trip! - Birthplace of the Claddagh Ring
3 american college girls go to Galway, Ireland to listen to street music and buy Claddagh Rings!
Thomas Dillon Claddagh Ring Museum
Leaving our hostel to find a tour going on .
Claddagh Ring Hand Made in Galway HD
See the making of a Claddagh Ring from start to finish in our workshop. Truly a one of a kind ring made using traditional techniques.
The Galway Shawl by Neil Milliner
The Galway Shawl is a traditional Irish folk song, concerning a rural courtship in the West of Ireland. The first known version was collected by Sam Henry from Bridget Kealey in Dungiven in 1936.[1] The song has been popularly recorded by many ballad groups in Ireland and is now commonly adapted to a waltz time so that people can dance to it.
It is basically a story that takes place in May in Oranmore. The narrator sees a girl wearing a bonnet with ribbons and a Galway shawl around her shoulders. He and the girl go to her father's cottage. The girl tells him to play The Foggy Dew to please her father. The man plays some hornpipes and the girl sings them as she cries tears of joy. The song ends as the narrator bids the girl farewell as he's bound for County Donegal. He will always remember her Galway shawl.
The Galway Shawl. (2017, April 19). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved
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The term Galway shawl usually refers to a specific type of heavy weight shawl that was worn by Irish women during the colder seasons. It became popular during the late nineteenth century[1] and was still being worn up until the 1950s by a few older, more traditional Irish women. Throughout Ireland, not just in Galway, women traditionally wore various types of lightweight shawls that were hand knit, crocheted, or woven; and would have been of solid color, plaid, print, or paisley. Lightweight shawls, worn directly over the blouse and tied or tucked in at the waist, were worn in all seasons both indoors and out.[2] The Galway shawl was a winter-weight outer garment worn over the lightweight shawl.
The Galway shawl was woven on a hand jacquard loom in Paisley, Scotland,[1] but used neither the design nor construction of the shawl commonly known as the Paisley shawl. The Galway shawl was woven on a cotton warp with a weft of botany wool.[1] These reversible shawls were a solid color in the center with a decorative, multicolor, wide border; and they were fringed. The Galway shawl contained neither velvet nor fur, but it was referred to by weavers as a velvet or fur shawl because it was heavily milled in the finishing and a soft, velvet-like nap was raised on the surface.[1] In 1892 one company in Paisley employed 40 weavers producing this type of shawl.[1] The last firm weaving fur or velvet shawls closed in 1943, and one of their looms was donated to the Paisley Museum where it is still on display though it is no longer in working condition.[1] (Edward Harrison states that the last two firms closed in 1941.[3])
According to Coughlin, the shawls were fringed at the factory in Paisley, and could be returned to the factory for repair if the fringe became damaged.[1] Owens, however, reports that the shawls were shipped unfringed from Paisley to the Galway Woollen Mills where the fringe was added.[2] Because several factories produced the shawls, both cases could be true.
During the time of their popularity, the eye-catching shawls were costly items, worn with pride, and considered “Sunday best” in Ireland.[2] They were usually inherited or acquired for the bride-to-be upon marriage.[2] As years passed, the Galway shawl became unfashionable, and older women who continued to wear them became known as shawlies. The shawlies and their Galway shawls became associated in the popular imagination with poverty and backwardness.[1] However, the costuming of Maureen O’Hara in a Galway shawl for the film “The Quiet Man” prompted a renewed appreciation for the beauty of the Galway shawl.
Galway shawl. (2017, May 2). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved
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I Was Born In The Claddagh Galway
Tommy talking about the claddagh where he was born
Buying a Claddagh Ring for my Nephew in Galway, Ireland.
I wanted to buy Stevie (My youngest Nephew) his very first Claddagh Ring in Galway as this is where the origins of this Ring came from the Ancient Town of Claddagh. Nnek@ ;o)
Visit Galway
Visit Galway in style with Claddagh Chauffeurs
Walking Tours of Galway - Claddagh Thatched Cottage, Galway, Ireland.
The first thatched cottage built in the Claddagh village, Galway in nearly a hundred years. Katies Cottage, part of the Claddagh Craft Village, will open to the public in April 2016. Built and roofed in the same way the Claddagh fishermen used to do in the 18th and 19th centuries, using local materials Rye, Wheat and Hazel and Ash, this cottage will become a magnet for tourism in Galway. When giving 'Walking Tours of Galway' I love to bring visitors to see the Claddagh, as well as the Spanish Arch, the Latin Quarter, Lynch's Castle, St. Nicholas Collegiate Church, Galway Cathedral, Salthill, the Corrib river, the Salmon Weir, Eyre Square, and Woodquay. I visit great pubs, especially O'Connors Pub in Salthill, O'Connells Bar in Eyre Square, Garavans, the Quays, The Dail, Sonny Molloys, Tigh Coili, Tigh Foxes, Taffes, the Crane, and Monroes. Galway is a beautiful city to visit anytime of the year and it is the gateway to Connemara and the Aran Islands. Be sure to look me up, Brian Nolan, Galway Walks, Walking Tours of Galway, Fireside Tours, Ghost Tours, Literary Tours, Folklore, Genealogy and tracing your roots. Our ancestors have lived in Ireland, and around Galway Bay for thousands of years, let me show you where and how they lived. Book a tour today. GalwayWalks.com Galwaywalks@gmail.com Twitter @galwaywalks Facebook facebook.com/galwaywalks Thanks. Hope you enjoyed the video. Brian
Fallers Jewellers Galway
Footage from a recent event that we managed for the wonderful Fallers Jewellers in Galway City. Featuring the Corrib String Quartet, Models from Catwalk Modelling Agency, Actor Conor Quinlan, Delicious bites from Maxwells Bistro and custom Thomas Sabo gifts for invited guests.
Thomas Dillons
Original Makers of the Claddagh Ring
1 Quay Street, Galway, Ireland
tel: 091-566365
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I BOUGHT AN IRISH CLADDAGH RING | 29.08.17
So why did I get the ring??
I got an Irish claddagh ring with the money I would have spent on Josh's birthday and Christmas presents this year. I wanted the specific design of the traditional Irish symbol for a few reasons: the hands represent friendship, the heart love and the crown loyalty. Josh was fiercely loyal to those who he loved and who loved him; he also had a massive heart and I love him so much. I didn't realise how much I loved him (or honestly what a discernible feeling of 'what love is') until he died, tearing the horrible gaping hole of grief, into which you pour love but can never fill. And lastly he was my friend, and he really was a 'mate' to us, his family, and he was so easy to get on with and of course had his incredible, unbeatable sense of humour. Another reason the claddagh symbol stands out so much is because it's Irish and Josh and I wanted to prove to our parents that they could leave the country and our family wouldn't go to shit, so we were going to plan for them to go to Ireland (and him and I go stay at Rainbows, as Ben can look after himself and Lizzie lives with her fiance, then-boyfriend) as a 25th anniversary present, but he got ill and we put the planning on hold, and of course then it never happened.
What this ring means to me, what I said above, and therefore what is behind this ring and the meaning it already holds from the very first time of me wearing it is: all of this is essentially my perception, expereince, and 'make up' of love, and that's really what the claddagh ring means: friendship, loyalty, love.
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Grown in Galway
Claddagh Jewellers - Grown in Galway Artwork
GALWAY // IRELAND
We are in Galway! All my life whenever I pictured Ireland in my head, Galway describes what I always envisioned. My favorite city of this trip, by far. We check out the store of the original Claddagh ring makers, listen to some street performers, dance a little jig, and see a weird contraption flying through the air (if you know what this is, please comment below and let me know!!)
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Claddagh
A little bit of a gem of Galway.
The Claddagh Ring Dancers Video Promocional
Actuaciones, talleres, ceili's, etc...
The Claddagh - Home of the Claddagh Ring
Views of the Claddagh in years gone by.
Galway la gaelica
Galway è una delle città più vivaci d'Irlanda grazie all'Università e ai College. Metà turistica durante tutto l'hanno, d'estate è un vero festival continuo di cultura e divertimento, e pur essendo così piccola rivaleggia con Dublino e Cork. Non distanti dalla città itinerari storici e naturalistici di assoluto rilievo. Quasi tutti gli osservatori dicono che il nuovo dinamismo irlandese si esprime alla perfezione con Galway. In questa città si ha una sensazione di spensieratezza e divertimento più presenti che altrove.
Galway è una cittadina di circa 60000 abitanti, quarta città più grande della nazione, ed è il principale porto irlandese, nonché capoluogo dell'omonima contea. Negli ultimi anni ha avuto uno sviluppo impetuoso, ma che non ne hanno intaccato le caratteristiche in alcun modo.
Il centro della città è la Eyre Square, centro anche della vita cittadina con numerosi bar, pub, locali, ristoranti e negozi. In particolare Shop Street è appunto la via dei negozi principale dove non è difficile trovare dall'occasione all'ultima moda.
Il principale edificio storico della città è la Cattedrale gotica risalente al 1320 e dedicata a St. Nicholas. Al suo interno una fonte battesimale cinquecentesca e una interessante lastra tombale del 1200 chiamata la Crusader's Tomb, la Tomba del Crociato.
Davanti al sagrato della Cattedrale ogni sabato mattina si tiene il pittoresco mercato di prodotti artigianali e alimentari. Abbastanza turistico, ma che vale una visita.
Vale sicuramente una visita il Lynch Castle dal nome della famiglia che per secoli era praticamente padrone della città. Si tratta di una fortezza del 1400 con una banca al pianoterra e interessanti stemmi araldici alle pareti.
Dietro la Cattedrale di St.Nicholas so trova la Lunch's Window, in un punto dove sono stati rimontati su un muro di pietra, senza particolare criterio vari elementi presi da vari altri edifici. Uno di questi è la cornice di una finestra che è collegato a un episodio accaduto nel 1493. Si dice che proprio da quella finestra l'allora sindaco James Lynch FitzStephen impiccasse un suo figlio condannato per un omicidio. Siccome la gente aveva paura della potenza della famiglia Lynch nessuno tranne appunto il padre fu disposto a eseguire la sentenza.
Galway ha un paio di musei interessanti da visitare il Galway City Museum, sulla vita e sulla storia della città. Per gli amanti di James Joyce, il Nora Barnacle House Museum, nella casa di una compagna di vita dello scrittore irlandese, dove questi passò lunghi soggiorni.
Claddagh Ring: Does it Bring Love & Good Fortune?
On this week's episode, Natalie takes you to Galway, Ireland and discusses the history and significance of the Claddagh Ring! Watch along as she explains how to wear the ring right, what it's made of, and what it means for your relationship!
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