Monday, April 4, 2011

Silver Irish Jewelry

Silver Irish Jewelry

Silver Irish jewelry is a popular sub category of the Celtic jewelry genre. There is a lot of cross over between Irish jewelry and Celtic jewelry. The most popular single item or type of jewelry in both genres is the sterling silver claddagh rings.



Irish jewelry is comprised of Irish symbols and Irish cultural icons as well as the Celtic legacy symbols. In fact with the claddagh rings they make them with both the straight claddagh symbolism and sometimes they include Celtic knot work, especially the Celtic trinity symbol.



The silver Irish jewelry trinity symbol is a Celtic knot with three corners. These three corners represent the Holy Trinity. One corner for each member of the Trinity. To see the details of what the Claddagh symbol used on rings means click on Claddagh ring meaning.



The quick definition of what the Claddagh meaning is...a pair of hands holding a heart and the heart is wearing a crown. The crown represents loyalty, the heart as always means love and the hands mean friendship.

Sterling Silver Claddagh Rings
The Claddagh rings being talked about in this blog post are all sterling silver Claddagh rings. The Claddagh rings, due to the unique symbolism are frequently used as wedding rings and engagement rings and not just by the Irish but so many people relate to the Claddagh symbol and its meaning that the use of a sterling silver Claddagh ring is being used for weddings and as an engagement ring, friendship ring, promise ring and so many other reasons.

When you where the Claddagh ring as a romantic symbol always places the bottom point of the heart facing you which means your heart has been taken.



Many people love the symbolism of the Claddagh ring that they wear if for their interest in the meaning or because they like Irish jewelry. When you're wearing sterling silver claddagh rings that way wear the heart facing away from you.



There are many types of the Irish Claddagh ring and many types for men and for women.

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