Ireland’s history of silver making is having a revival

Ireland’s long-standing craft of silver making is having a revival, brought about by a new generation of designers making beautiful and useful products, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

ALL that glisters is not gold, and sometimes it’s a whole lot nicer when it’s silver as it has a certain chic that lends itself so well to domestic products, without ever looking garish.

Materials are expensive though, and the making of products time-consuming, which for generations of people put Irish silver outside their reach.