What to Buy from Irish Design Shop for an Irish-Made Gift

Irish Design Shop is a Dublin-based retailer selling design-led craft from makers across Ireland, so almost anything on the site works as an "Irish-made" gift. The practical question is matching the item to the recipient. Below are the categories and specific products visible on the site, with prices, plus how to choose between them.

Gift categories worth starting with

The shop groups much of its range into featured collections, which is the fastest way to narrow a gift:

• Jewellery — the in-house NAMES brand, designed and made by hand in the shop's Dublin workshop
• Textiles — including knitwear from Irish mills
• Ceramics — including the Araucaria Ceramics collection
• Books
• Wellness
• Áras — a range of specially commissioned homewares
• Wee Pets — calendars and prints

If you don't know the recipient's taste, textiles, candles and calendars are the safest categories; jewellery and ceramics are better when you know their style.

Specific products and prices

These items appear on the site with prices in euro:

Prices are as listed on the site and can change; check the product page before ordering.

How to choose between them

Use the recipient's interests as the first filter, then the budget:

• Pet lover → Wee Pets calendar (€30) or Wee Pets print (€40). The 2027 calendar is a collaboration with printmaker Jo Pearson of Strangford, designed by Eamonn O'Sullivan of Anchor Studio in Kenmare, and printed in Dublin. It has twelve perforated images meant to be framed after the year ends.
• Practical, everyday use → Kerry Woollen Mills wool socks (€21) or a candle (€28).
• Home and interiors → Adam Frew porcelain bowl (€55), Piotr Zwolinski ceramic bird (€29), or the Áras homewares collection.
• Gardener → Saille Baskets garden trug (€150).
• Jewellery wearer → the NAMES collection, made by hand in Dublin. The brand describes its designs as inspired by Irish landscape geometry and coastline, with pieces named after people who inspired the makers.
• Small token or add-on → Blasta Toasties (€17).

The "Irish-made" story as part of the gift

Part of the value here is provenance, and it's worth passing on when you give the item. NAMES jewellery is designed and made in the shop's Dublin workshop. The Wee Pets calendar is printed in Dublin and involves named Irish collaborators. Kerry Woollen Mills is an Irish mill. If the recipient cares about where things come from, mention this — it's often the reason to buy here rather than from a general gift site.

Before you order

• Check availability and options. Several products show "Choose options" rather than a direct add-to-cart, meaning size, colour or variant selection is required first.
• Confirm the current price. The listings above show sale prices alongside regular prices for some items, so the price you pay may differ from the regular one.
• Check whether you need it shipped or collected. The shop trades both online and from a physical location in Dublin city centre, so collection may be an option if you're local — confirm this directly rather than assuming.
• Order with time to spare for anything personalised or made to order, such as handmade jewellery or ceramics.

If you're still unsure, the featured collections pages (Wee Pets, Books, Textiles, Áras, Araucaria Ceramics, Wellness) are the quickest way to browse by category rather than by individual product.