Old Irish Fashion

• By Andrea Keary

Old Irish Fashion

• This is an old Irish cap. Farmers would usually wear them. They are still very popular today in Ireland.

Old Irish Fashion• This is an Irish

dancing dress worn by girls when competing in a feis which is an Irish dancing competition. They originate from Celtic time’s. They can come in many different colours and pattrens.

Old Irish Fashion

• This is another Irish dancing dress. It is a lot more low key than the other one you have recently seen.

Old Irish Fashion

• These are other examples of Irish dancing dresses. They are also worn by girls when they are compete in a feis. They are very expensive indeed.

Old Irish Fashion

• This is a girl’s Irish dancing shoe .They wear them when they are practising or in a competition. They are made with soft upholstery and are similar to slippers when on.

Irish dancing Fashion

• These clothes are similar to what boys wear when they are Irish dancing. It is a suit with a black pants but the shirt can be any colours such as red or blue .

Old Irish Fashion

• This is what boys can also wear when they are Irish dancing .The boys usually wear black pants and different colour shirts and ties.

Old Irish Fashion

• These shoes are what boys wear when they are Irish dancing. It has a little bit of a heel and are made from leather so they make loud cracking noises on the floor.

New Irish Fashion

• This Hat was made by a man named Philip Tracey. He has made lots of hat for celebrities such as Sarah Jessica Parker and royalty in England.

Philip Treacy and Ahascragh

• Philip Treacy was born in Ahascragh in 1966. He never forgets his roots or the area and education that inspired his creativety.

New Irish fashion

• This is a hat that Philip Tracy made for Sarah Jessica Parker.

New Irish fashion

• This hat was also made by Philip Tracy who now lives in London. He is a world famous milliner who learnt his trade in our school.

Old Irish Fashion

• This is an old Irish suit worn by kings and princes when getting married or going to mass or for special occasions. These suits are now becoming more and more popular in Ireland now for weddings.

Old Irish Fashion

• This is a picture off the Aran Islands. It is where the Aran jumper and hat originate. The other picture is a currach and it is a local boat used for fishing in Galway Bay.

Old Irish Fashion

• This is an Aran hat. It is an old traditional hat. They originate from little islands off the coast of the west of Ireland called the Aran Islands .

Old Irish Fashion• This is an Aran

sweater. This also originated from the Aran Islands like the Aran hat you have recently seen. They are popular with Americans and old Irish band’s. They can be in many different colours .

Old Irish fashion

• These are old Irish rings called Claddagh rings which originates very close to our school in Galway city. The diamond in the ring comes in different colours like green or red .

Old Irish fashion

• This is what an old woman would wear years and years ago in Ireland.

Old Irish Fashion

• This is a boy and girl making their first holy communion .The boy is wearing a short trousers. Nowadays boys wear long trousers and girls wear longer dresses.

Scary Days indeed at Halloween!!

• Halloween gives Irish children a chance to dress up and be their scary selves!!

Old Irish fashion

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