Irish Shawl – Innisfree

“A splash of Celtic splendour”

Maker: Mulligans Ireland “Island Range”

Colour:  Emerald Green

Material:  55% Wool  45% Silk

Dimensions:  190cm x 70cm

Weight:  170g

Each of these Mulligans Ireland “Island Range” of shawls has been inspired by and named after an Irish Island.  Each one comes with a story about the island, its history and inhabitants.

Hang Tag story card reads…

Made famous by the Irish poet W B Yates and located in Lough Gill, County Sligo, Yeats describes the inspiration for his poem ‘Lake Isle of Innisfree’ coming from a “sudden” memory of his childhood while walking down Fleet Street in London. The poem begins …

“I will arise and go now,
and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade…”