www.Irishcoincufflinks.com added two new sets of cufflinks to their growing range of Cufflinks. The latest editions are a limited edition of 50 sets of the Irish three pence 3d coin. The Irish name (leath reul) literally meant “half reul”, the reul being a sixpence coin worth the same as the Spanish real. The three-pence coin [...]
For those lucky enough to be organising an Irish Wedding and looking for Irish Gifts you may find the below story about the Irish wedding tradition Something old, something new, something borrowed and something Blue of interest.
Note we stock the Irish 5p.
Something old, new borrowed and blue
The full wording of this popular bridal attire rhyme, which [...]
The Irish cufflinks have the Irish Harp on one side, here is information
on the Harp
The harp is a stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. All harps have a neck, resonator and strings. Some, known as frame harps, also have a forepillar; those lacking the forepillar are referred [...]
The 10p feature the Salmon on one side and the Harp on the other. To purhcase a set, click irish cufflinks
Here is information on the Salmon which we feature in our irish cufflinks
Salmon is the common name for several species of fish of the family Salmonidae. The fish is pink and silver. Several other fish [...]
The History of cufflinks goes back to the Middle Ages where its precursor, the ‘cuff string’, adorned the wrists of fashionable gentlemen of the day. One of the earliest references to what we now recognize as cufflinks was made in the London Gazette of 1684, which referred to a pair of cuff buttons set with [...]