Proprietor Sheila McIntosh
at Brevig, Isle of Barra HS9 5UN
Tel 01871 810 580 email sheilamcintosh137@btinternet.com
Gifts, Speciality Cards, Sheila’s Home Made Ice Cream, MacNeil Souvenirs, McNeill Gallery, Hebridean Woolhouse Shop.
CEUD MILE FAILTE , a hundred thousand welcomes, to those who come to our gift shop in Barra, an “Aladdin’s Cave”, and to these pages of our website.
No visit to Barra is complete without a visit to our gift shop. Car Parking
On foot? - buses pass the door – for times see Home Page).
Many of our illustrated goods are available by mail order.
We have a large variety of quality silver and pewter jewellery, glassware, speciality cards, Hebridean Woolhouse goods, and McNeill artist’s gallery
(with prints and cards available in shop to take away or by mail order).
Celtic jewellery, gifts and cards
Our handcrafted silver jewellery and Scottish pewter quaichs are made in Scotland and hallmarked. We also have, in our shop, a large selection of Irish jewellery including Celtic and Heraldic’s Warrior Collection, Children of Lir (with story card), and, historic cross pendants engraved back, front and sides. These are very beautiful and very special.
The QUAICH – Scotland’s Historic Drinking Cup
Traditionally offered as a cup of welcome or farewell the word quaich
derives from the Gaelic “Cuach” which means “shallow cup”
This simple cup with two handles or “Lugs” was originally made from
wood, horn or leather and later pewter or silver. The quaich is now gaining
popularity for toasting many happy occasions.
QUAICH AND MINIQUAICH
Handcrafted in Scotland in quality Scottish pewter. Scottish pewter was once known as the “Metal of Kings”, because it could only be afforded by royalty. Use a soft cloth and clean as silver.
“Ceud Mile Failte (100,000 welcomes),
“Auld Lang Syne”, “Freedom and Whisky gang thegither”,
“Tak oft yer dram”, “Till a’ the Seas Gang Dry”,
Translations:-
Freedom & whisky go together, Take your drink often, Till all the seas go dry.
Claddagh, Celtic Interlace, Celtic Cross, , Luckenbooth, Scots Thistle,
Saltire (St Andrews Cross), Lion Rampant.
Standard Quaich £28.95 Miniquaich £9.99 p&p
Dram glass (“Slainte” £10.99) Replica Pot still £55 Goblet £49 Hip flask £29 (with clan crest add £10)
In English“Welcome beloved child” or Gaelic“Leanabh failte gar grandaichte”
“WELCOME BELOVED CHILD” “LEANABH FAILTE GAR GRANDAICHTE”
Quaich £28.95 p&p (single item £2.50)
All frames Craftsman- made in Scotland with quality Scottish Pewter and hallmarked. with day of the week inscriptions:-
“the Child that is born on the SABBATH DAY is bonny, blithe and good and gay
BABY FRAMES £18.95 + post and packing (single item) £2.50
CLADDAGH The historic symbol of Love, Loyalty and Friendship
Quaich £28.95 Miniquaich £9.99
Boxed Kilt set, buckle, kiltpin & cufflinks £65.00(also sold separately),
Bangle £12.95 (p&p £1.95)
ENGRAVED RINGS “GRA DILSEACHT CAIRDEAS” Love, Loyalty, Friendship
Silver £39 Made in Ireland. Can be ordered in gold for wedding.
State size required when ordering. Selection of sizes and ringsizer in shop
GRA DILSEACHT CAIRDEAS
LUCKENBOOTH
PENDANTS, BROOCHES & QUAICH supplied with story card
The Luckenbooth symbol dates back from 1700 when it was used
historically as a Love Token, hence the heart pattern.
The name comes from the Luckenbooths, the locked booths in Edinburgh where they were sold.
Traditionally a Luckenbooth brooch would be given
by a groom to his bride on their wedding day and
subsequently pinned to the shawl of their firstborn
Price Brooch £15.95
Quaich text “OF EARTHLY JOYS THOU ART MY CHOICE”
Prices Quaich £28.95 (p&p single item £2.50)
Pendants small £9.95 large £11.95 On thong (2 designs) £11.95 p&p £1.95
LUCKENBOOTH/THISTLE
Scarf ring £7.50 p&p £1.50
See separate page for more
The story of the Scottish thistle and how it became a national symbol of
Scotland dates back to the Battle of Largs in 1263AD. Viking invaders
arrived by night and took off their footwear in order to take their quarry
by surprise. The Scottish clansmen were alerted to the danger when one
of the invading Norsemen stepped barefoot on a thistle.
The Scots won the ensuing battle!
The Order of the Thistle was founded in 1540 and is theforemost
honour of Scotland.
BROOCHES
CANDLESTICK
Quaich, miniquaich £26.95 £9.99 (p&p £2.50, £1.95)
KILT SET LARGE KILT PIN (new design)
Kilt Set £65.00 p&p £2.95 Kilt Pin £25.95 p&p £1.95
A vision of a white cross in the sky one day in 832AD gave Scotland its patron saint – and its national flag.
The Scots king, surrounded and vastly outnumbered by his enemies, on seeing Andrew’s cross in the sky, prayed to the Saint for deliverance.
The Scots won and the white cross set against the blue of the sky became Scotland’s national flag.
KILT SET
Kilt Set £65.00 p&p £2.95
KILT SETS, Buckle, Kilt Pin, Cufflinks Boxed as set or sold separately
SALTIRE KILT SET
CELTIC CROSSES KILT SET
LION RAMPANT KILT SET – oops mistake in picture only Allah is perfect
SCOTS THISTLE KILT SET
Jacobite, Celtic Interlace, Saltire, Thistle, Celtic Cross, Claddagh Lion Rampant
Boxed set £65.00
Supplied separately Buckle £26.95 Kilt Pin £22.95 Cufflinks £18.95
New large kilt pin £25.95 (Saltire, Thistle, Lion Rampant)
The Isle of Barra Gift Shop specialises in crosses. We can only show a small selection on this website.
Pendants:-
TRINITY CROSSES – Scottish Pewter
CELTIC CROSSES – Scottish Pewter
SILVER CROSSES OGHAM, MITHRIL, AURORA
See separate page for more crosses
The Barra Cross is unique in combining, on the one stone a Christian cross and pagan runes. The original is in the Scottish National Museum of Antiquities in Edinburgh but a full size replica can be seen in the ancient church of Cille Barra at Eoligarry on the island of Barra.
Two sided, Nordic Runes on one side, Christian interlace cross on the other,
“a testimony to the islanders who not only kept their faith intact through
the darkest days of Norse occupation but succeeded in having it
acknowledged and accepted by their pagan conquerors.
“ After Torgeth, Steiner’s daughter, this cross was raised”.
THE BARRA CROSS
Specially commissioned by Sheila in quality Scottish pewter and only available from her. as pendant, free standing on base, or as brooch
Supplied with card Price £19.95 + p&p £2.50
Note the fixing of the brooch is on one of the sides.
ABERLEMO CHURCHYARD CROSS
A historic Scottish cross, from the churchyard of Aberlemo, in Angus in
the North East of Scotland,
The Aberlemo cross commemorates the victory of the Picts over the
Angles of Northumbria in 685AD. The Picts disappeared from historical
records when the Scots from neighbouring Dal Riada took over to form
the Scottish nation.
Very little remains of Pictish culture so these churchyard stones have a
very special place in Scottish history.
IONA CROSS
Design taken from a stone found in the ancient monastery on Iona
founded by St Columba. St Columba arrived on Iona from Ireland in
563AD.
(the historic book of Kells is thought to have travelled in the opposite
direction, having originated in Iona before being taken to safety in
Ireland to escape Viking raids on the monastery).
Plaques handcrafted from stone in Moray in the north east of Scotland
Price, with card £27.95 p&p £2.95
ROBERT BURNS
Celebrate the bard with these goods handcrafted in Ayrshire, the county
of the poet’s birth. In quality Scottish pewter.
SELKIRK GRACE
“Some hae meat & canna eat and some wad eat that want it
but we hae meat and we can eat and sae the Lord Thankit.”…
Quaich £28.95 p&p (single item £2.50)
Napkin Rings (pair) £24,95
“TILL A THE SEAS GANG DRY”
Quaichs £28.95, £9.99 (p&p £2.50, £1.95)
“AULD LANG SYNE”
Quaichs £28.95, £9,99 (p&p £2.50, £1.95)
Made in the Highlands of Scotland using Scottish grown yew.
The yew lives for over 100 years and in Celtic mythology traditionally symbolises resilience, spiritual strength and eternity of the soul.
Boxes are each handcrafted from a single piece of wood.
MADE IN SCOTLAND FROM SCOTTISH GROWN YEW
Prices (boxed with card)
Single £22.95 Double £44.95 Triple £64.95 p&p £2.50
MULTIPLE ORDERS P&P AT COST