Examples of Good Sewing/Tailoring The dress in the picture was found in a bog in Moy, Co Clare. It was made from coarsely woven twill or wool with a low round neck, ...
Hair Styles Men’s hair was often worn long and brought forward over the eyes in glib fashion. Some shaved the front of their heads and this annoyed ...
Viking Fashions The use of many old Norse words indicates much about the style of clothes worn. The shirt or tunic and trews still feature but a new ...
Mantles The mantle was the most popular outer garment worn in Ireland for centuries. This was worn by people in all walks of society regardless ...
Rules about Shirts! In 1537 Henry VIII passed an act which ordered that men’s shirts should be no more than 7 yards when they had been originally 25-35 ...
Outer Garments These people wore many different furs; otter, badger, seal and fox were used in the early Christian period. Marten (a kind of weasel) ...
Tipperary Jacket This suit was found in a bog in Tipperary in June 1946. From it we learn that the wool was woven from a mountain sheep. Trews were worn ...
Dress of the Poor In 1580 Robert Payne distinguished 3 main classes
·Comfortably off, who were given to husbandry
·Kern or soldiers
·The very idle ...
Jewellery In this period considerable skill in metal-working was visible in the very ornate jewellery which survives. The Tara Brooch is made of ...
Head Wear Many people went bare headed. Some wore cone shaped hats or balaclavas which were influenced by armour and helmets. Hats could be unisex ...
