Lambswool Máirtín Beag Galánta

For generations, the wives of Island fishermen knitted Aran workwear for their husbands. A hundred years ago, Máire Cáit, a skilled and imaginative knitter, decided her husband’s workwear should look as special as his Sunday Best. Thanks to his wife’s fine craftwork and distinctive patterns, Máirtín Beag became known as a particularly well-dressed man. Inspired by her imagination and skill, the Máirtín Beag Galánta is an elegant and understated Aran Sweater which by now has become an Inis Meáin signature knitwear design. Galánta is used to describe an understated yet confident sense of style, similar to the Italian sprezzatura . Featuring intricate cables and a high neck finished with three horn buttons and hand-made button loops, creating stylish yet simple closures. Crafted with super-premium 100% Lambswool yarn from Italian heritage producer, Filati Biagioli Modesto, made to the highest European environmental standards using only organic dyes.

Available in Beige, the ultimately versatile winter colour that gives most definition to the intricate Aran patterns, and Orange, a beautifully balanced shade of clementine with a deep but gentle brightness. Designed, made and hand-finished in our Aran Islands workshop.