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Holidays St. Patrick's Day Romance The claddagh can be found in both Ireland and Scotland. Wherever you find it, we think you’ll see it as a beautiful symbol of love. Wishing you and yours the very best, |
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By Jane Marie
The Claddagh is an Irish design comprised of a heart encircled by a hand on either side with a crown above. The heart represents love, the hands friendship and the crown loyalty. In other words, “In love and friendship, let us reign.” My dear husband gave me a silver cross with a Claddagh in the center for Valentine’s Day and the doorknocker in the photo above greets our visitors. However, the Claddagh is most often seen as a ring. Traditionally, if the ring is worn on the right hand with the crown turned toward the wrist, one’s heart is available for love. If the ring is on the right hand but the crown faces toward the fingertips, one is engaged, or at least serious about someone. If the ring is on the left hand and the crown faces the fingertips, the two lovers have become one in marriage. The original Claddagh was created by Richard Joyce of Galway, Ireland who lived in the oldest fishing village in the country, Claddagh, located where the River Corrib meets Galway Bay. While sailing toward the plantations of the West Indies with the idea of being married upon his return, Joyce’s ship was captured by Algerian pirates who sold the crew as slaves. Joyce was purchased by a goldsmith who taught him his trade. Joyce handcrafted a ring for the woman he’d left behind in Ireland. In 1689, William III of England made a pact in 1689 with the Moors (North Africans) wherein they agreed to release all his subjects, Joyce included. The Moorish goldsmith offered the hand of his daughter in marriage and half his worth to Joyce if he would stay, but Joyce declined and returned to Claddagh to find the woman he loved still unmarried. He presented her with the ring, they married, and he set up a goldsmith shop in Claddagh where he continued to make rings for other lovers. The Claddagh became popular outside Ireland when so many left their country in hopes of finding a better life during the great famine of 1847-1849. People valued their tiny treasures, passing them on as heirlooms. Folk Legends
May all our lives be blessed with the riches symbolized by the Irish Claddagh.
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Jane Marie's claddagh
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