Ireland · Basketry; Natural material craft; Irish heritage
Ciseog Saileach na hÉireann — Traidisiún Ciseánaíochta
The Irish sally rod basketry tradition — the production of the distinctive Irish wicker baskets from the sally rod (Salix viminalis — the Irish basket willow) whose specific Atlantic coastal climate produces a willow with particular flexibility for the Irish basket vocabulary (the potato basket, the Aran potato creel, the cleeve garden basket). The Irish ciseoir reads the correct sally rod quality through a bend-and-arc assessment calibrated to the Atlantic-grown Irish willow.
Risk level: Vulnerable · Not listed; Irish basketry on the national heritage inventory
The Irish butter making tradition — the production of the distinctive Irish butter from the cream of grass-fed Irish cows through the traditional churning process, whose specific Irish pasture-fed cream (particularly the West of Ireland…
The Irish bookbinding tradition — the production of the hand-bound books in the Irish heritage style drawing on the Celtic interlace and knotwork vocabulary inspired by the Irish monastic illuminated manuscripts (Book of Kells, Book of…
The Irish bog oak turning tradition — the working of the subfossil preserved wood (primarily ancient oak and yew) recovered from Irish peat bogs whose specific preservation chemistry produces a uniquely black, dense wood unlike any…
The Irish blacksmithing (gabhadóireacht) tradition — the production of hand-forged iron objects from the traditional Irish forge including horseshoes, agricultural tools, decorative ironwork gates, and domestic hardware; the most…
The Irish rush work tradition — the working of the freshwater bulrush (Juncus effusus) into the distinctive St.
The Aran Islands knitting tradition of the three Aran Islands (Inis Mór, Inis Meáin, Inis Oírr) in Galway Bay — the production of the distinctive Aran sweater (geansaí) in unscoured, naturally oily báinín wool with the characteristic…
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The hand-weaving of ceremonial loincloth cloth by men of the Manjak (also Mandjak, Manjaco, Njaago) ethnic group, whose communities span Guinea-Bissau (the group's homeland), Casamance in Senegal, Gambia, and Cape Verde.
A lightweight woven carpet technique unique to Tunisia, positioned technically between a classic knotted pile carpet and a plain woven kilim, produced through a weft-substitution flatweave method inherited by Berber tribes of southern…
The Ulster basketry tradition — specifically the potato basket (cliabh prátaí) of Northern Ireland and the border counties, a specific agricultural carrying basket woven from willow or rush whose distinctive flat-bottomed, slope-sided form…
The coiled binding of thick local grass (njodax/ndiorokh) with thin strips of palm frond into vividly colored baskets by Wolof women of Senegal, a technique practiced for generations and transmitted from mother to daughter and aunt to…