Dia dhuit, a chara! I hope you are all staying safe and keeping your spirits high. The world as we know it has changed due to Covid-19 and we’re all faced with challenges that we could never have foreseen. While I completely understand that jewellery (jewelry) isn’t at the forefront of your mind right now, […]
Author Archives: Tracy Gilbert
Tracy Gilbert – Irish Jewellery designer was delighted to chat with Margaret Molloy creator of the WearingIrish movement. Margaret has been a big supporter of Irish fashion and accessories for many years and her #WearingIrish movement continues to go from strength to strength bringing Irish fashion and design to a global audience. Here’s the meet […]
It is entirely possible to get a piece of bespoke jewellery made from a design that you have in your head! I love making pieces that have a meaning attaching to them and that resonate with those that wear my designs. So it makes total sense that I’d also be very happy to do this […]
Delighted to have my Growing Home Button Pendant featured in Design Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day article Design Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day Feature “Tracy Gilbert’s Growing Home pendant is the perfect gift for a member of the Irish diaspora longing for home soil. Rotate the pendant and see the tree become a map of Ireland”.
For many years as a child, we went on our summer holidays to Donegal. My sister and I were attending an Irish primary school in Dublin City Centre (Marlborough Street) and my dad was keen on getting us up to hear Irish being spoken naturally. We had great times up there and working up the […]
Last year when I was researching the Celtic Festival of Bealtaine, I learned about the fire celebration that takes place in Uisneach in County Mullingar. I’m crazy about triple spirals (triskele) and I love a good fire, so when I saw the photographs of triskele with flames (!!) well the Uisneach Festival was immediately put […]
I managed a kid-free trip to the Hill of Tara over Easter and I loved it. Given the many stories about Tara and it being the place where the High Kings of Ireland lived and the old stories that link it to the Ark of the Covenant, it amazes me that so much of the […]
What an amazing honour it was to be shortlisted for the Fingal Enterprise Awards 2018. It was really great to be given the opportunity to pitch to business experts about my aspirations for Tracy Gilbert Designs. I set up my company back in 2014 when I was still working as a full time actuary. As […]
Mothers Day is on Sunday the 11th of March this year just in case it’s not on your radar. Luckily enough, I have a ma that reminds me every year of when Mothers Day is, just in case I forget 🙂 Out of my many roles in life, I find the job of being a […]
The 1st of February celebrates St. Brigid, one of the patron saints of Ireland and was known also as a fertility goddess in Celtic mythology. There are many spellings for her name – Brigid, Bridget, Brigit, Brighid, BrĂd, and Bride. The feast day co-incides with what was originally a pagan festival called Imbolc, marking the arrival […]