Lots of Celtic celebrations coming up this month…

Seeing an abundance of sunny yellow daffodils on the way to work this morning couldn’t have been more apt considering that it is St David’s Day today and the daffodil is the national flower of Wales. St David’s Day marks the first of many national days of Celtic nations this month and being 1/4 Welsh (tenuous link, I know!), the day is dear to my heart.

One of the most well-known of the national saint's days is St Patrick’s Day which, despite being the national day for Ireland, is often an excuse for celebrations all over the UK and I imagine that sales of Guinness probably spike significantly on 17th March! This year, 17th March will also mark a celebration of another kind as the RBS Six Nations championship comes to an end (and will hopefully be won by one of the Celtic nations!). This year, rugby and particularly local rugby is on our minds as we have sponsored the new kit for the Newquay Hornets under 12s squad. Here they are in their new strip proudly brandishing the Celtic Sheepskin logo (and that’s Charlotte, our HR Manager on the end). Here’s wishing you good luck for the coming season!

Back to my original subject of national days, did you know that here in Cornwall, many local people will celebrate St Piran’s Day on 5th March? St Piran is the national Saint of Cornwall and also of tin-miners and the story of his historical journey is worth a read if you have time (click here to learn more). While there is not a public holiday for the occasion of St Piran’s Day (despite many ardent Cornish folk lobbying for one!), it is an opportunity to celebrate all things Cornish and why wouldn't we want to do that? For me, Cornwall represents rugged beauty and on days like today when the sun is shining on the sea and a soft breeze is blowing across the rolling fields, there is nowhere else I would rather be.

The word “Celtic” in our company name gives a deliberately unsubtle nod to our Cornish beginnings and we like to bring the essence of our love for Cornwall into our products. So for example, the colours that we use draw on inspiration from the hues that we see on the moors and along the coastline…

We also channel hints of our Celtic heritage in the form of traditional patterns (such as our Fair Isle patterns which come from Scotland) and wools (such as our Donegal range from Ireland)…

As well as this, perhaps the most obvious point to mention is that the fibres used in our products come from the natural world around us, demonstrating our love of nature and the beauty it offers. Our link with nature is hopefully very much apparent through our catalogues and everything we do (we are an eco-friendly company!) and we hope that you enjoy being at one in your natural surroundings as much as we do.

If you’re celebrating St David’s Day today then Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus! Let us know how you’re marking the occasion on Facebook or Twitter.

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