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Claddagh Ring Research Paper

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How the Claddagh Ring is Used When I began to think about this project I thought about things that I use all the time. My Claddagh Ring came to mind since it is something that I never take off and is something that I know many people wear. I also began to think about the reason that I wear the ring. I thought about why other people wear the ring and the memories attacked to it. I also began to think about how it is marketed to people. The main points that I found were that the ring is mostly worn by Irish Americans and seen as a connection to that heritage and is marketed as so, but that there are also people who do not have and ancestors who are Irish, but wear the ring.
A Claddagh Ring is seen as a symbol of love, friendship and loyalty. The ring originates from the village of Claddagh which is located in County Galway. The story behind how Claddagh Rings came about having many different sides. The ring design that most people know, the two hands clasping a heart with a crown on top, is thought to only be 200 years old with a slightly different design being used before then. No …show more content…

If I do not have it on I feel as if I am missing something. It became more than a status symbol, a symbol of being Irish, or a reminder of my family; it became a part of me. There are times when I had thought I had lost it and just didn’t know what I would do. In a way it has become a fetish because it has taken on a meaning beyond its original intent. It has become something that I do not know if I could ever pass on like my mother had passed her ring onto me. My ring relates back to the stories of D. Gorton and Mr. Hubbard in “Voices in the Kitchen: Cooking Tools as Inalienable Possessions” by David Sutton and Michael Hernandez. With D. Gorton his cooking utensils had become a part of him just like my ring has become a part of me while Mr. Hubbard cast iron skillet reminds him of his family and heritage just like my ring

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