Irish Bronze Sailing Cross fisherman neck One size Approx

One size Approx

20 cm wide x 19 cm long (including the legs)

Features the Aran Cable Knit design

Created using a mix of historic Aran patterns & traditional Christmas patterns

The Cardigan highlights the Diamond stitch which was said to represent the stone wall fields of the Aran Islands as well as the fisherman’s nets of our ancestors

Irish Bronze Sailing Cross fisherman neck One size ApproxIrish Bronze Sailing Cross Monks on the remote island of Illauntaunig off the Kerry coast were faced with two main concerns: the spiritual and the practical. The practical question of how to feed the body was answered by the sea and the spiritual question of nourishing the soul was met by faith. Both these dimensions new descibed by this ancient carving on the island which depicts a cross standing in the waves, while it also resembles a masted boat.