Set of four high quality cork backed coasters presented in a colouful gift box. Code WRT-CO-TI 5391435001133

High quality coasters • Heat resistant • Durable • Wipe clean

The Irish Writers coasters set features images of 9 of the best loved Irish Writers.

Set of four high quality cork backed placemats.
Code WRT-PL-TI 5391435005131

• Heat resistant • Durable • Wipe clean •

The Irish Writers placemats set features images of 12 of Ireland’s best loved Irish Writers along with some famous quotations.

“Satire is a sort of glass wherin beholders do
generally discover
everybody’s face
but their own.”
Jonathan Swift
1667-1745

High quality multi image poster featuring Ireland’s best loved Irish Writers, images and quotations..

This poster is available in two sizes:
Large Size 53.4 × 86.3cm
Code PO-WR 5390534020069
Mini Size 30.88 × 50cm
Code MI-Wr 5390534021066

Both sizes ship with a postal/mailing tube.

„Irland ist ein Fest für die Augen und den Geist. Seit mehr als sechstausend Jahren liegt diese Insel wie ein Juwel am Rand des Atlantiks und ist von Menschen bewohnt, die seine besonderen Qualitäten wertzuschätzen wissen, sowohl körperlich als auch spirituell. Es ist ein Land, in der die Vergangenheit mehr als greifbar ist. Die Vergangenheit kann erblickt, angefasst, erklommen, entdecket und durchlebt werden. Schluchten, Berge und Täler sind bevölkert mit Erinnerungen, die nicht aussterben werden, und Geistern, die nicht ausgelöscht werden. In einer Welt, die in konstanter Veränderung zu leben scheint, sind einige Aspekte Irlands unveränderlich. Dublin ist eine moderne europäische Stadt und dennoch weht der Wind einige Kilometer weiter über den Tara-Hügel, wie er es schon seit Anbeginn der Zeit tut. Schafe weiden auf dem Gras, über das einst das Volk der Danu, das Tuatha De Danann, wandelte.“

«Irlanda es un festival para los sentidos y para el espíritu. Durante más de seis mil años, esta isla, una joya en el extremo del Atlántico, ha sido habitada por pueblos que apreciaban sus cualidades especiales, tanto físicas como espirituales. En esta tierra, el pasado es más que tangible; el pasado tiene que ser visto, tocado, escalado, explorado, experimentado. Los glen, las montañas y los valles están plagados de recuerdos que no morirán y espíritus que no se extinguirán. En un mundo que parece estar en constante movimiento, algunos aspectos de Irlanda permanecen sin cambios. Dublín es una ciudad europea moderna y, sin embargo, a tan solo unos kilómetros, el viento sopla a través de la colina de Tara como lo ha hecho desde los albores de las historia y las ovejas pastan en el césped en el que en otros tiempos caminaron los seres mágicos, los Tuatha De Danann».

Las fotografías de Liam Blake ofrecen un archivo visual inigualable de las maravillas de Irlanda y de la vida cotidiana de su gente. A lo largo de los años, su trabajo para la colección de postales de Real Ireland ha su puesto un logro artístico significativo y ha influido en la imagen que tienen del país tanto el público como otros fotógrafos. En este libro, sus fotografías muestran una amplia variedad de  experiencias que se pueden disfrutar en Irlanda y que abarcan desde pequeños detalles de la vida diaria hasta paisajes panorámicos espectaculares. Su visión y su entendimiento del paisaje de Irlanda y de su gente son el principal motor de este libro.

« L’Irlande est un régal pour les yeux et l’esprit. Pendant plus de six mille ans, cette île posée comme un bijou au bord de l’Atlantique a été habitée par des peuples qui appréciaient ses qualités physiques et spirituelles particulières. Voici une terre ou le passé est plus que palpable. Ce passé s’offre à être touché, remonté, examiné, et vécu. Glens, vallées et montagnes sont non seulement peuplées par des souvenirs qui ne mourront pas, mais aussi par des esprits qui ne sont pas oubliés. Dans un monde qui semble être en situation de flux constant, quelques aspects de l’Irlande ne changent jamais. Dublin est une ville européenne moderne, mais seulement à quelques kilomètres, le vent souffle sur Tara comme cela s’est fait au début de l’histoire, et des moutons broutent l’herbe sur lequel le peuple magique marchait, le Tuatha De Danann. »

High quality cardboard hanging sign

This product has been produced using a high end printing process which results in excellent print colour reproduction. 

Photography © Liam Blake

Complete with hanging tag.

Irish Playwright, Poet and Travel Writer

John Millington Synge is one of Ireland’s best known playwrights and one of the founders of the Abbey Theatre. Born in Dublin in 1871 he attended both the Royal Irish Academy and Trinity College Dublin receiving scholarships from the academy and graduating from Trinity with a focus on language studies. Meeting William Butler Yeats in Paris, Synge was inspired to learn more about the Irish language and along with Yeats, Lady Gregory was instrumental in the setting up of the Abbey Theatre. The Abbey produced many of his plays such as In the Shadow of the Glen and Playboy of the Western World.   

High quality cardboard hanging sign

This product has been produced using a high end printing process which results in excellent print colour reproduction. 

Complete with hanging tag.

Irish Novelist and Poet 

Born in Dublin in 1882 James Joyce is probably best known for Ulysses, Portrait of the Artist as a young man and Finnegan’s Wake. Bloomsday is celebrated every year in Dublin and other places throughout the World on the 16th of June. It takes its name from the central charactor of Ulysses, Leopold Bloom, as he spends the day, 16th June 1904.

Bottle opener with image of Jonathan swift and the quote " A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle".

High quality magnetic metal and resin bottle opener on backing card.

This magnetic bottle opener will always be to hand when stuck on your fridge door.

High quality cardboard hanging sign

This product has been produced using a high end printing process which results in excellent print colour reproduction. 

Complete with hanging tag.

Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin in November 1667. Entering Trinity College at the tender age of 14 Swift found himself ill-suited to the institution. The records show that he neglected his studies and on several occasions was censured for, amongst other transgressions, ‘tavern haunting’.  Swift is probably best known to modern audiences from his satirical works, most notably in what became known as Gulliver’s Travels. After the completion on his B.A. and M.A. in Trinity, Swift moved to London and worked as a political pamphleteer for both the Whigs and Tories, at various times. In 1713 Swift returned to Ireland on his appointment as Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral. He soon became a champion of the Irish cause and is now considered an Irish patriot. Swift died in 1745 and was buried in his own cathedral.

High Quality Cork Backed Drinks Coaster

Size 11 x 9.5 cm

This product has been produced to a very high standard with an embossed cork base and is heat resistant to 100°F

Mix and match with other coasters from this range for an interesting table setting.

Bottle opener with images of County Kerry, Ireland

High quality magnetic metal and resin bottle opener on backing card.

This magnetic bottle opener will always be to hand when stuck on your fridge door.

High Quality Cork Backed Drinks Coaster

Size 11 x 9.5 cm

This product has been produced to a very high standard with an embossed cork base and is heat resistant to 100°F

Mix and match with other coasters from this range for an interesting table setting.

High quality metal key ring with images of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

With Belfast tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of Bunratty Castle and Durty Nellies Pub, Co. Clare, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of the Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.

With Antrim tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny City, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of Mc Swiggans Pub, Galway City, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of the Titanic Centre, Northern Ireland.

With Belfast tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of a traditional cottagel, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with images of the twelve men executed after the 1916 Easter Rising 

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of an Atlantic Puffin, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of Blarney Castle, Co. Cork, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an Illustration of Boann, Goddess of the River Boyne, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of City Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

With Belfast tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of the Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of the Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image from the Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with image of donkeys and dry stone wall, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of the Round Tower, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of the iconic Guinness gates, Dublin, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of the Hook Lighthouse, Co. Wexford, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with images of County Cork in text, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with images of Co. Galway in text, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with map of Ireland showing activities, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with images of Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with images of Ireland in text.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of an Irish Harp.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of the Irish Proclamation.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with images of Irish Pub signs.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with image of donkeys and dry stone wall, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of a crossroads road sign, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of an Irish sheep and lamb.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of an Irish Tricolour flag.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image from Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of Kylemore Abbey, Connemara, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of an Irish sheep.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring withan image and quote from Oscar Wilde.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of an Irish pub sign.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of a puffin and the Skelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of an Atlantic storm, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of a stout pump, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of a thatched cottage, West of Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image of a wild Atlantic storm, Ireland.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High quality metal key ring with an image and quote from W.B. Yeats.

With Ireland tag and embossed on back. On a backing card.

High Quality Cork Backed Drinks Coaster

Size 11 x 9.5 cm

This product has been produced to a very high standard with an embossed cork base and is heat resistant to 100°F

Mix and match with other coasters from this range for an interesting table setting.

Handcrafted Mounted Print

To fit frame size  8” x 10”

This product has been produced using a high end printing process which results in excellent print colour reproduction. 

Kylemore Abbey, Connemara, Ireland.

Photography © Liam Blake

Liam Blake was born in Dublin and developed a keen interest in photography at an early age. An award winning photographer, Liam works almost exclusively in Ireland and his work for Real Ireland Design was responsible for ushering in a new worldwide appreciation of the beauty of Ireland through its ranges of postcards, calendars, books and posters. 

He is the author of several photographic books and has exhibited his work in galleries throughout Ireland. 

High Quality Cork Backed Drinks Coaster

Size 11 x 9.5 cm

This product has been produced to a very high standard with an embossed cork base and is heat resistant to 100°F

Mix and match with other coasters from this range for an interesting table setting.

This sumptuously produced calendar features the work of celebrated Irish landscape photographer Liam Blake. Liam travels the length and breadth of Ireland throughout the year in order to capture images of the people and landscape, the towns and villages, the pubs and shopfronts and to present them as a collection for you to enjoy in your own home or to give as a gift.

This calendar features a location map which shows the locations where the photographs were taken and the calendarium also shows the phases of the moon.

High quality cardboard hanging sign

This product has been produced using a high end printing process which results in excellent print colour reproduction. 

Complete with hanging tag.

Leithris, The Irish Word for Toilet

Bottle opener with image of leprechauns and a pot of gold. The leprechauns made me do it.

High quality magnetic metal and resin bottle opener on backing card.

This magnetic bottle opener will always be to hand when stuck on your fridge door.

High Quality Cork Backed Drinks Coaster

Size 11 x 9.5 cm

This product has been produced to a very high standard with an embossed cork base and is heat resistant to 100°F

The Leprechaun's Made Me Do It!

Mix and match with other coasters from this range for an interesting table setting.

A4 wall calendar featuring the personal selections of photographer Liam Blake. 

Size 29.7cm x 21cm (opening to 59.4cm x 21cm)

Liam Blake travels the length and breath of Ireland throughout the year in order to capture images of the people and landscape, the towns and villages, the pubs and shopfronts and to present them as a collection for you to enjoy in your own home or to give as a gift. Brighten up your life for the year ahead.