The Modern History of Celtic Jewellery: 1840-1980From the recovery after the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s to the booming Celtic Tiger of the 1990s, a revival of the ancient traditions of Celtic jewelry has become a part of how the Irish, as well as the Scots, Welsh, and other Celts, have expressed their cultural identity. Usually, the story of this tradition focuses on very old prototypes, the museum pieces turned up by archaeologists, or the legend of the original Claddagh ring. In our