Irish Harp Cross Necklace

The Irish Harp Cross Necklace is a tribute to the beauty and magnificent craftsmanship of Irish culture. This sterling silver Irish Harp Cross necklace also called the Quinn Harp Cross and is based on a cross located among the ruins of the Quinn Friary in Co. Clare, Ireland.

Quinn Harp Cross ...

The Harp Cross is located among the ruins of the Quinn Friary and is approximately 11 feet high. The Quinn Friary was founded in County Clare as a Franciscan Friary in 1433. It was built in the ruins of a much older Anglo-Norman castle. In 1541 Henry VIII dissolved the friary in his campaign to control the wealth and power of the Church. Carved into the face of the cross is an Irish harp and scores of shamrocks. Both have become famous symbols of Ireland. The harp figures in many of the old Irish myths. The shamrock is from a legend about St. Patrick that says he used a shamrock with its three leaves to explain the Trinity, the triple nature of God.