{"id":130,"date":"2020-05-20T16:16:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T21:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terrasanctaguild.com\/blog\/?p=130"},"modified":"2020-05-20T19:30:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T00:30:06","slug":"claddagh-crosses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terrasanctaguild.com\/blog\/claddagh-crosses\/","title":{"rendered":"Claddagh Crosses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Claddagh Crosses are of Irish origin; worn as jewelry, and also seen in engravings and art forms. Sometimes confused with Celtic Crosses<\/a>, which depict the Celtic Circle of Everlasting Life, the Claddagh Cross hosts a Claddagh Ring.<\/p>\n

Claddagh Cross Symbolism<\/h2>\n

The Claddagh Cross is a 16th century Irish symbol of eternal love and friendship. The heart at the center of the design is symbolic of love, the hands around it symbolize friendship, while the crowns represent everlasting loyalty.<\/p>\n

The Linguistic Background of Claddagh<\/h3>\n

\"\"The word Claddagh is the anglicized form of the gaelic \u2018Cladach\u2019, old-Irish for \u2018flat stony shore\u2019, and comes from the ancient fishing village of Claddagh, in Co. Galway, Ireland<\/a>. The town itself is named after the stoney seashore on which it was built.<\/p>\n

One of the oldest fishing towns in Ireland, nothing now remains of the old thatched cottages that graced Claddagh until the 1930s, when they were replaced by council houses and other more modern homes, and yet the memory of the small Irish-speaking town’s traditions and customs still lives on. Bing Crosby sang about it in the lovely song, Galway Bay.<\/p>\n