Irish Tattoo Galleries : Which Are The Best Galleries For Irish Tattoos

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Irish tattoo galleries use images that take us far beyond the Ireland of shamrocks and leprechauns of St. Patricks day. Some common images used are given below

Irish flag: The Irish flag as an image is used either alone or with other Irish images. In the designs the Irish flag is frequently billowing in the wind.

Clover/Shamrock: Tattoos based on the four leaf clover are to bring luck to the wearer.

Leprechauns: These are green frocked men who can be show menacing. Friendly or comical depending on what the tattoo artist wants.

Words: The Irish love to express themselves through tattoos based on words. For example, the Gaelic phrase "Saol Gra Gaire" meaning "Life Love Laughter" is used as a basis for tattoo design. They also used words to express "Irish pride", or just "Irish:" to let you know about him.

Claddagh: This word is taken from the Claddagh ring and is meant to symbolize friendship, loyalty and love. The design consists of two hands holding a heart and capped by a crown.

Celtic images

Irish tattoo galleries also often have designs based on Celtic images since the Celts were the ancestors of the present day Irish. Celtic images are sometimes more stylish than Irish images associated with St. Patrick's day and are found more suitable in making tribal tattoos. The Celtic images used are given here.

Celtic knots: These knots are used for decoration and are depicted as continuous unbroken loop.

Celtic cross: These are thick barred crosses have a circle behind the upper portion. What the circle represents varies from a Christian idea of eternity to pagan worship of the sun. Some tattoo designs combine the cross with Celtic knots.

Celtic dragons: These look like the western dragons though some incorporate Celtic knots.

Celtic runes: Although Celts actually never used runes some artists do use it in their designs. However, runes must not be used if you expressing your pure Irish heritage.

The Irish tattoo galleries predominantly feature the colors green, white and orange in their designs. Shamrocks and leprechauns are commonly shown in green. But many Irish tattoo designs come in stark black colors.

Online Galleries for Irish Tattoos

Tatoojohnny.com has more than four hundred designs based on Irish images. You will find the leprechaun in all possible you can imagine. You will find shamrocks of all shapes and sizes that come with butterflies, dolphins and other popular Irish images.

Tattoojoy.com has for you over 8500 designs showing the flag tattoo, arm tattoo, leprechaun Irish drinking and many more.

Bullseyetattoos.com has more than 300 designs that feature tribal tats that combine the tribal sun with the Celtic knot. You will get armbands featuring clovers and paired crosses, Irish pride messages placed next leprechauns. All in all you will find the designs innovative and provocative.

Everytattoo.com is a user- submitted gallery. Here a wide range images, such as, angels animals, aliens., butterfly, spider, skeletons, sun , tiger and zodiac symbols are used. Tattoo on almost every part of the body are displayed so that you get a fairly good idea about which tattoo would best suit which part of the body.

If you are planning tattoo yourself go for an Irish or Celtic design. Who knows the proverbial Irish luck might stick to you.

One Good Tip for Choosing Irish Tattoo Designs

One thing you would want to do before you select a design would be to visit several popular online tattoo forums and see what's being said about Irish tattoos ...

If you do that, you most likely will get to see what the most popular designs are, where to see them and so on :-)

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