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Cords
 Niamh is a weaver of the traditional Aran Island Crios.
The history of the crios goes back to the days of the Gaelic Clan system
when it was worn by both men and women as part of the ancient costume
of the Irish people, wrapped around the long linen shirt, the Irish léine.

A specially woven crios is traditionally used in the Celtic wedding ritual of handfasting, shown below:


Traditional Celtic ceremony of Handfasting, using a crios as cord.


Niamh weaves custom orders for couples getting handfasted,
or you can view a selection of ready woven cords in the eshop.



Traditional Aran Island costume, Crios, Aran Jumper and tweed trousers



Click here to view Niamh's work

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