Definition of Claddagh

1. a ring designed with two hands clasping [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Claddagh

clack
clack valve
clackbox
clacked
clacker
clackers
clackety
clacking
clackity
clacks
clad
cladal
claddagh (current term)
claddaghs
cladded
cladder
cladders
cladding
claddings
clade
clades
cladi
cladic
cladinose
cladiosis
cladisitic analysis
cladism

Literary usage of Claddagh

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. by Samuel Carter Hall (1843)
"In the claddagh, too, there are many remarkable remains of those singular ... An instance of this occurred not very long ago :—the claddagh men are, ..."

2. The Gael: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Preservation and Cultivation of (1903)
"The village of claddagh, as it is today, is one of the last remaining remnants ... The claddagh men of old wore a dress of light blue color, soldier like, ..."

3. Ireland: Painted by Francis S. Walker, R.H.A. by Frank James Mathew (1905)
"... THE claddagh A PROSPEROUS village on the opposite side of Galway harbour. The natives are said to be a race distinct from the townsfolk, ..."

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