When you’re picking up presents for your nearest and dearest, the priority is always going to be on getting something that makes their faces light up with joy.
But if you can support Irish artists and designers along the way? Well that’s all the better, isn’t it?
Here’s just a tiny selection of some of the cool artwork, delicious food, cheeky mugs, brilliant books and more on offer from Irish companies.
1. Edge Only Jewellery
Cute and cheeky necklaces, earrings, cufflinks and more.
2. twisteddoodles
Get Maria’s fantastic illustrations on just about anything – framed prints, jumpers, iPhone cases, pillows, and more.
3. Urban Health
For the fitness fanatic in your family, you can get a protein ball selection box from Urban Health in Ranelagh.
4. LOVE & ROBOTS
Because every man you know needs a 3D bowtie, obvs.
5. COCOA ATELIER
Because giving the gift of delicious treats means you get to have some too.
6. Wordbird.ie
They literally have something for everyone in the audience, with really amazing prices too.
7. Panti’s DVD
Because if someone hasn’t seen it yet, they’re seriously missing out. And if they have seen it, they obviously want to re-watch it a bajillion times.
8. Bean and Goose Chocolate
They had us at 70% chocolate hazelnut and pistachio bark with rose petals.
9. Irish Mammies
You can go for one of Colm O’Regan’s three Irish Mammies books, aprons… or quotes on mugs.
For your mammy, obviously. Or maybe yer da who has to put up with her…
10. Sketchy Inc
Amazing prints of Dublin and bespoke White Lady statues.
11. The Broadsheet Book Of Unspecified Things That Look Like Ireland
Because every house has a coffee table that needs this book on it (which, we should disclose, was written by our editor Aidan!).
Plus if you’ve any homesick friends or family abroad it’s all the more ideal.
12. Jando Design
Beautiful prints and hilarious greeting cards.
13. me&him&you
Perfect if you’ve got friends from afar to buy for – their cityscapes are ideal for anyone feeling patriotic to their home country.
Or, just if you know a diehard Dub.
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