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Historic Connections
0343 CELTIC CLADDAGH RING
£7.99
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0343 CELTIC CLADDAGH RING
RRP - £15.99
OUR SPECIAL PRICE - £7.99
Attractive sterling silver ring featuring a traditional Celtic Cladagh design.
Presented in a quality black and gold jewellery box, it will make an ideal and unique gift idea.
Available in sizes 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Please select the size required from the 'Choose Options' box above.
THE CELTIC CLADDAGH RING
The Celtic Claddagh ring denotes love, friendship and loyalty.
The hands of the ring are shown holding a heart, with the hands denoting friendship and togetherness, the heart signifying love, and the crown standing for loyalty and fidelity.
Regarding the wearing of the ring, a married or engaged person would wear a Claddagh ring on the left hand with the heart facing inwards. For a person willing to consider love, the ring is traditionally worn on the right hand with the heart facing outward.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CELTS
For 800 years the Celts were the most powerful people in central and northern Europe. There were many tribes of Celts who spoke related languages, shared similar customs and beliefs, and created works of art in closely connected styles.
Invaders, such as the Romans, eventually drove them from their lands, although they never managed to conquer all the Celts, with parts of Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and Ireland continuing under Celtic rule until about AD1100.
It is in these lands that Celtic art and designs survived, carved into stone crosses and discovered on pottery and ornaments. Religious scholars and monks adopted the traditions of Celtic art, creating illuminated texts such as the Book of Kells.
The Celtic Cross evolved, with the circle that surrounds the cross symbolising the 'great wheel of life' and knotwork denoting the binding of the soul to the world.
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