Island Turf Crafts

The turf made gifts include ornaments, clocks, Celtic crosses, picture frames, paperweights, jewellery and other souvenirs.

Turf is partially decomposed vegetation, which has accumulated in waterlogged places for thousands of years. One sixth of the land was once covered in turf bogland. Island Turf Crafts is making use of this vast resource to make small cultural pieces to bring a small piece of Ireland into your home.

It all started in 1980 when Brian McGirr’s hobby began to evolve into a business. Brian has a background as a craft teacher and originally carved musical instruments from mahogany including full sized celtic harps. He then moved on to using turf sourced from bogland in different parts of Ireland.