Silver Irish Jewelry

Irish Jewelry Symbolism

Irish jewelry and Irish Celtic jewelry contain some of the richest and most detail symbols in all of the sterling silver jewelry genre. It's no wonder Irish jewelry is so popular.

The most popular irish symbol is the Irish Claddagh. The Claddagh symbol started on rings and due to its popularity evolved into other forms of Claddagh jewelry.

The Irish Claddagh is a symbol that contains a pair of hands holding a heart. The heart is wearing a crown. The meaning of this symbol is that the hand means friendship, the heart, like always means love and the crown represents loyalty and fidelity.

Now that you know what the Claddagh symbol means you can see why it is so popular. You can find the Irish symbol on rings, necklaces, pendants and Christian crosses.

Another great Irish symbol is the four leaf clover. Each petal or leaf of the clover represent live, love, laugh and life. It is also a standard Irish good luck charm.

The three leaf clover was used by St. Patrick as legend has it, to represent the Holy Trinity. Each of the three petals represents a member of the Trinity. It to is used on all types of Irish jewelry.

Sterling silver Irish Jewelry is a great way to wear these symbols on rings, charms, necklaces, earrings, pendants etc. The options are limitless.

Much of Irish jewelry also has some Celtic knot work flare added to it making it a member of the Irish Celtic jewelry genre. a Good example of this is found in the Claddagh necklace where above the Claddagh is a Celtic weave which blends into the Claddagh.