Island Turf Crafts Ltd Irish Harp Hanging Decoration F36

This ornament is crafted from 5,000 year old Irish turf that was been collected from Ireland's oldest boglands. Thousands of years ago one sixth of the island was turf bogland. Turf is created when plant deposits can not fully decompose in extremely wet areas and they have been harvested for centuries as an important fuel source. This hanging piece has been shaped into the harp, the official political emblem in Ireland for generations. The origins of its usage has unfortunately been lost but through oral and written traditions but we know of its presence from at least the sixth century AD. Even Brian Boru (941-1014AD), High King of Ireland, played this exquisite instrument just as all the gentry did during the Gaelic Lordship of Ireland which ended in 1607. The harp is the emblem currently used on such things as our coins, the flag on the Leinster flag and is the emblem of Guinness Black Stout. Therefore there is no denying the omnipresence of this elegant icon throughout Irish politics and history. Turf from the Golden Age of Irish heroes has been excavated and processed so you can have a little bit of ancient Ireland in to your home.