A century ago, Máire Cáit, a skilled knitter with a wonderful imagination, wanted her fisherman husband Máirtín Beag’s workwear to look as special as his Sunday Best, and began to create her own distinctive design flourishes. Our Limited Edition Máirtín Beag Galánta is inspired by this story. An elegant and understated navy cashmere blend with a gorgeous soft handle, made and hand-finished in in our Aran Islands studio. read more

It’s a source of great pride to us that our knitwear, created using long-established Island traditions, is so loved by enthusiasts of well-crafted clothing. Recently, Patrick Dempsey got in touch with us. He had discovered Inis Meáin knitwear in Dublin and, impressed and intrigued by our heritage, quality, and commitment to traditional skills, was curious to see how our knitwear is created, and to explore the landscape that inspires us. read more

Lá ‘le Bríde/St Brigid’s Day is special in Inis Meáin, where rituals from early Christian times and earlier are enacted, commemorating the reawakening of the earth and a new beginning. Young girls visit each house with a Brídeog and recite a prayer and a blessing. Years ago they used to get a gift of eggs which were becoming plentiful again. read more

On a tiny island off the west coast of Ireland, Inis Meáin draws on land– scape and tradition to create clothing beloved from New York to Tokyo. Established in 1976, the Inis Meáin Knitting Company has achieved the remarkable feat of transforming a local cottage industry – and in this case, those words are literal – into... read more

(Éigse is best translated as an “assembly of poets”) Last weekend the island celebrated in a great weekend of music and poetry in Inis Meáin to commemorate local poet or bard – Dara Beag – who died almost exactly five years ago. “Nuair a thiteann laoch, ardaíonn sé deannach na mblianta cróga; Nuair a thiteann laoch,... read more

Some of our current womenswear features in the recent Christmas issue of the Financial Times — How to spend it — supplement. With stunning photography and styling by Damian Foxe. The striking imagery felt particularly appropriate to the island landscape and reminded us of the red petticoats worn, in the not so distant past, by... read more

Ba dheas an t-athrú ar aeráid an oileáin é tuirlingt i mbrothall Firenze le teocht 30 céim celsius…ar feadh thart ar chúig nóiméad! But we acclimatised and got down to work and had a great show.  A wonderful colour picture from 1973 taken by Chris Rodmell of harvesting the rye was the splendid backdrop to... read more

“The Western Spring” is a beautiful lyric poem by the Aran poet Máirtín Ó Direáin which evokes the ritual preparation of the new ground for the potato crop. read more

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Tá an Geimhreadh taghta i ndáiríre inniu. Today Winter has really arrived.
As they say here, ”tá sé ina dheatach”, which translates, ”it (the wind) is blowing smoke”. 
And the waves are coming over the storm wall at the old pier, ”tá farraigí ag goil thar féar glas” or ”the seas are rolling over the green... read more