Beautiful 500 piece high quality jigsaw puzzle featuring a Celtic legend illustration by Irish artist Jim FitzPatrick.

Goddess Boann

Boann was the river-goddess of the river Boyne and a warrior princess of the mystical tribe known as the Tuatha Dé Danann who came to Ireland in earliest times in a fleet of ships that ‘sailed the high air and the low air’ and conquered the island of Éireann. She also gave her name to the river Bóinn, or Boyne, in Co. Meath, which runs beside the Brú at Newgrange.

Jim FitzPatrick

The Avec Journals measure 14.1cm x 9.2cm x 1.5cm and are the smallest of the three sizes available in this range.

The covers and end papers of the Book of Kells Avec journal feature beautifully reproduced artwork from the Book of Kells c.800 AD. Published by the Library Shop Trinity College and Picture Press.ie. Images © The Board of Trinity College Dublin. Code KAve-JL 5391435060208

The Avec journals have a document pocket in the back cover and are held closed with an elasticated band

This calendar has been produced utilising a fine art printing process which renders the images in a much higher resolution more akin to a photographic print. There is information about the Book of Kells on each page.

The book of Kells dates from c.800 A.D. and contains the four Gospels in Latin.

Now measuring 33 x 25.5 cm having been trimmed and rebound in the 19th century. It is written on vellum and the Gospel texts are prefaced with Canon Tables and characterisations of the Evangelists.

What makes the Book of Kells unique are the lavish illustrations intertwined with the text with the intention of glorifying God's creations. Their are many full pages containing decorations and symbols such as for the Cannon Tables.

The book was illustrated by what appears to have been four artists whose work has been likened to that of goldsmiths. A number of pigments were used including arsenic sulphate for yellow, red lead or an unidentified organic matter for red and blue was created from indigo or woad.

The Book of Kells was probably used for special ceremonial occasions rather than for daily services. This conclusion has been reached as the transcription of the text was sumptuous but also rather careless with some entire words having been omitted. In other sections texts have been repeated and subsequently painted over to hide the error.

Now bound into four volumes two of which are usually on view in the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin (one showing  a decorated page and the other text), the Book of Kells attracts in excess of 800,000 visitors a year. 

This large high quality calendar features the work of Irish Celtic artist Jim Fitzpatrick.
Size 28cm x 30cm (opening to 28cm x 60cm)

This calendar has been produced utilising a fine art printing process which renders the images in a much higher resolution than normally achieved. The calendarium shows the phases of the moon.

Jim Fitzpatrick is famous Worldwide for his meticulous attention to detail and his unique insight into the Myths and Legends of Ireland. No man in Ireland has sharper awareness of what we inherit from the ancient past than Jim Fitzpatrick. 

High quality playing cards suitable for most card games. Code SP-PC 5390534051216

This pack of playing cards features an image of Saint Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland. The image is reproduced from an original painting by well known Irish Celtic artist, Jim Fitzpatrick.

Beautiful 500 piece high quality jigsaw puzzle featuring a Celtic legend illustration by Irish artist Jim FitzPatrick.

The Singing Swans

The singing swans were the children of the king, Lir of the Tuatha Dé Danann, who married a war-witch named Aoife. Jealous of his children by a previous wife she transformed them all into swans. Lir had a harpist play to the children in swan form as they nested on Lough Darravaragh while awaiting reincarnation to human form over 400 years of exile.

Jim FitzPatrick