Claddagh Ring

Claddagh Ring

The Claddagh ring is a part of Celtic jewelry, Irish jewelry and Claddagh jewelry. Celtic jewelry is one of the biggest part of speciality jewelry and the Claddagh ring is even bigger and more popular than Celtic jewelry and Irish jewelry and Claddagh jewelry combined. The Claddagh ring is really a genre unto itself.

This post will cover the Claddagh ring in some detail. First of, a Claddagh ring in its true form is a pair of hands holding a heart that is wearing a crown. These three symbols mean the following: Hands are friendship, the heart is love and lastly the crown if loyalty and fidelity. The meaning of the Claddagh symbol is deep and can mean many more things including the way the heart points. To know more about the Claddagh ring click on Claddagh ring meaning.

There are Claddagh rings that are a mix of Celtic knots and Irish Claddagh symbols like the one show directly below.

This sterling silver Claddagh ring has the full Claddagh symbol with Celtic trinity knots on either side of the symbol.

If you read up on Irish Claddagh ring meaning you would know that the Claddagh ring is truly and Irish ring, not technically a Celtic ring but because Irish jewelry falls under Celtic jewelry many call the Claddagh ring and Celtic ring.

The fact that an Irish ring like the Irish Claddagh ring or any other Irish ring falls under the Celtic jewelry genre doesn't matter. The best selection of Claddagh rings is found at Irish rings.