our story

The magic of Irish Homelands began with Ciara Connolly, our founder, from Middletown, County Armagh.

Ciara has always been passionate about Ireland, it’s history and the things that make this country entirely unique. She has an incredible appreciation for what we call “real Ireland” in all it’s rugged beauty. It was a few years ago now, that this passion for rural, rustic Ireland blossomed into a business idea.

Family
Connections

Ciara’s grandmother was a storyteller. A woman with a wealth of knowledge on the local area, a local history aficionado and someone who gave Ciara and her family an incredible insight into an Ireland gone by.

Ciara was incredibly inspired by her grandmother’s connection to the landscape, the local community and the Townland she lived in most of her life and was eager to gift her with a print of the place she loved so well.

Much to Ciara’s dismay, she couldn’t source one.
And so, Irish Homelands was born.

Memories
of Home

“I cannot describe the connection I feel to my townland. It's where my Granny lived, it’s where I was brought up, where my mother lived, where aunts and uncles live. It’s knowing most of your family are a stone's throw away. It’s your favourite stretch of road and putting your hand up to everyone that drives by. It’s the place where someone notices when you are no longer there.... It’s home.”

Ciara Connolly, Irish Homelands, Founder.