Love for the Irish language. Love for the craft.
Since 1979, we have been hand screen printing in our workshop in Spiddal, in the heart of the Connemara Gaeltacht.
From the beginning, we had a clear goal: to bring the Irish language into people's daily lives in a modern, visible and wearable way. It started with badges, stickers and t-shirts, but the collection has grown significantly since then. Nevertheless, the same idea still underpins our work.
The Irish language is woven into everything we do. We don't use it because it's popular or fashionable. It never was. It was part of us from the beginning, part of our identity.
All our design and screen printing is done in-house, with craftsmanship at the heart of every step of the process. From our base in An Cheardlann, by the sea in Spiddal, we continue to create new designs while remaining rooted in the place and language that shaped us.
Today, in addition to our own products, a wider range of Irish language and Gaeltacht-inspired products are available in our shop, for locals, Irish speakers and visitors who want to take a piece of that culture with them.
That's how Spailpín started. And that's how it will continue.
Grá don Ghaeilge. Grá don Cheird.
Ó 1979 i leith, tá muid ag priontáil le scáileán de láimh inár gceardlann i Spiddal, i gcroílár Ghaeltacht Chonamara.
Ón tús, bhí ár gcuspóir soiléir: an Ghaeilge a thabhairt isteach sa ghnáthshaol ar bhealach a bhraith nua-aimseartha, sofheicthe agus infheiste. Is le suaitheantais, greamáin agus T-léinte a cuireadh tús leis, ach tá sé sin tagtha chun cinn anois ina bhailiúchán níos leithne, ach tá an smaoineamh fós mar an gcéanna.
Tá an Ghaeilge lárnach i ngach rud a dhéanaimid. Nílimid á húsáid mar go bhfuil sí faiseanta. Níor úsáideamar riamh í ar an gcúis sin. Bhí sí mar chuid dínn ón tús, mar chuid dár n-DNA.
Déantar ár gcuid dearaidh agus priontála scáileáin go léir go hinmheánach, le ceardaíocht mar chroílár an phróisis. Ónár mbonn in An Cheardlann, Sráidbhaile na gCeardaithe cois farraige, leanaimid orainn ag forbairt dearaí nua agus muid ag fanacht fréamhaithe san áit agus sa teanga a mhúnlaigh muid.
Inniu, chomh maith lenár gcuid táirgí féin, tugann ár siopa réimse níos leithne de tháirgí Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta-spreagtha le chéile, do mhuintir na háite, do chainteoirí Gaeilge, agus do chuairteoirí atá ag iarraidh píosa den chultúr sin a thabhairt leo.
Sin mar a thosaigh Spailpín. Agus sin mar a leanfaidh sé.
