My new Claddagh :)

**Meggers** · 4th October 11, 10:29 AM

picture is a little bit blurry b/c of bad quality camera

My new claddagh ring finally came in the mail

I felt so bad without one since I have had one since I was little. I kept losing them. Hopefully this one wont slide off my finger like the others.

anybody else have claddaghs?

Let's share them.

**Meggers** · 4th October 11, 10:40 AM

my friend just told me that she thought it was a turtle when she first saw it

**flyingshamrock** · 4th October 11, 11:41 AM

My mother and father bought my first claddagh on my first trip (that I could recollect) to ireland with them. I think I was 6 or 7. My wedding ring is a claddagh band and I have a standard one on my right hand. It's a BIG tradition in my family to wear them. All of my brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, etc...

**Meggers** · 4th October 11, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by flyingshamrock

My mother and father bought my first claddagh on my first trip (that I could recollect) to ireland with them. I think I was 6 or 7. My wedding ring is a claddagh band and I have a standard one on my right hand. It's a BIG tradition in my family to wear them. All of my brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, etc...

my aunt has a claddagh ring also as her wedding ring

I hope to have one too...

**Kilted in Maine** · 4th October 11, 11:57 AM

I bought my wife this claddagh ring a few years ago.

A modern design take on a classic.

**flyingshamrock** · 4th October 11, 12:01 PM

I'm not sure if I have an opinion. I guess it would be the same as someone donning a kilt who isn't Scottish. I've met people who wear them who have no celtic lineage at all but it holds some sort of significance to them and I respect that.

**Laird_M** · 4th October 11, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by MeghanWalker

what do you guys think of people who arent Irish that wear claddaghs?

Love is universal, so it shouldn't stop anyone wearing one if they're not Irish. A guy I used to work with who was from Hydrabad(?) got his Glaswegian wife one as he loved the romance of it.

**Really a McQueen** · 4th October 11, 02:31 PM

Several years back, I gave a Stirling Claddagh ring to a lady I've known for many years (since our university days), as a token of our friendship.

**Seanmadra** · 4th October 11, 02:53 PM

My wife and I have matching Claddagh wedding bands and my brother and I have matching Claddagh (inside a Celtic Cross) tattoos.

**Sir William** · 4th October 11, 07:04 PM

My wife and I exchanged Claddagh rings on our engagement. Mine is now resting somewhere in the desert of 29 Palms. My second was damaged when I was attacked by a door. I've been wearing the third one for about 20 years now.