Irish Tattoos – Designs Of Irish Tattoos

Many people get a tattoo based on their cultural heritage and to celebrate where they have come from. There are many forms of tattoos that are considered to be an Irish tattoo, which includes the Celtic aspects of the tattoo, such as the very popular Celtic knots and the Celtic weaves within the traditional Irish tattoos.

What are the most popular forms of the Irish tattoo designs? The Celtic designs are by far the most influential patterns in the Irish tattoos for both men and women. The Celtic designs can be seen in the forms of the Celtic knots and symbols and applied to the Irish tattoos. It is very easy to integrate parts of a tattoo within another tattoo and give it meaning to everyday life. Anyone can customize a non-traditional tattoo to have Irish values by using the Celtic designs within the Irish tattoo.

If you are trying to find the best Irish tattoo design its best to get advice from a tattoo artist who is familiar with the Irish and Celtic tattoos. You can be sure they have done many integrations to the tattoos and taken pieces of each tattoo and integrated them together in some form or another. Usually the Celtic tattoo has larger fonts and block or never ending symbols or lines. By going to an artist who is familiar with the Irish tattoos you can be sure to understand the meaning of your tattoo instead of just having some ‘cool’ tattoo design. The Irish and Celtic tattoos are a part of history and all have special meanings to the people who get them.

The best place to find an Irish tattoo is by searching online and looking through picture galleries of tattoos. Look at both the Irish tattoo and the Celtic styles and compare the two different designs.

Shamrock tattoo designs are so much fun you do not have to be Irish to enjoy them.  They are a symmetrical symbol that can work within other patterns or designs.  Shamrocks should not be confused with the four-leaf clover despite the fact that they look alike.  The shamrock is a very green, three-leaf plant that is closely associated with St. Patrick introducing Christianity to Ireland. Finding tattoo designs that either relate to Ireland or St Patrick is easy.  It is also easy to personalize such tattoos.

Historically, this cousin of clover plays an important part because from the beginning, the leafy plant attracted attention. It was believed by the Celts of Wales to have the ability to ward off evil spirits then it was adopted by the Christians.

Kidnapped as youngster, Patrick lived as virtually a slave in Ireland until he finally escaped and returned to his parents.  After becoming a priest of the early Roman Catholic Church, he felt drawn back to Ireland to convert the very people who had once enslaved him. St. Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity pointing out the three leafs were also one leaf.

The shamrock went on to become a universally recognized symbol of Ireland.  The word shamrock actually comes from the Irish word seamrog or seamair og which means ‘little clover’.  Long before St. Patrick, the plant was also sacred to the druids.

It is a lot of attention for one little plant that does not even have a colorful bloom, but that is how remarkable the shamrock is to behold.  Shamrock tattoo designs can be remarkable for the dazzling green set off by the simplistic nature of the plant itself.  Of course because of the distinctive nature of the shamrock and the way everyone instantly recognizes it, you can play with the shading if you want.  A pale green shamrock next to a dollar bill, for example, tells everyone just how your money situations truly runs, or a multi-colored shamrock lets people know you have a less than serious side.

Of course for luck you might want to keep the basic green shamrock and make it personal by adding a fairy, flower, or mushroom, heart or other symbol to the design.  You could incorporate name or initials in script along the outline of the shamrock for a distinctive look, and a harp inside a shamrock makes sure everyone knows it represents Ireland.

Get Lucky With A Lucky Tattoo

Lucky tattoo designs have become increasingly popular today. We all want to be lucky and having a little something extra gives you confidence.  It might have crossed your mind that with some lucky tattoo designs you could keep your good fortune with you always.  No more leaving your lucky charm on the nightstand and failing the important test because you do not have it.  No more loosing the bingo you almost had because you forgot your rabbit’s foot at home. The luck is with you wherever you go and best of all it is now a part of your body art collection forever.

You know luck is with you always, just some of the time it is good and sometimes not so good. Luck is the belief in either good or bad things happening in your life by accident or chance beyond your control.  You also know that you are not alone.  Throughout time people have looked for ways to increase their good fortune while minimizing their risks by utilizing either faith or superstition to give them an edge.  The Romans saw the god Fortuna as being the bringer of luck. Many people believe in lucky numbers.

The term luck may come from the Sanskrit word ‘Lakshmi’ and the name ‘Lady Luck’ from the Hindu divinity of Money and Fortune.  Some people think of the image of horse shoes are lucky, but while looking through lucky tattoo designs consider that only the shoe with the upturned ends brings good fortune.  This makes a great tattoo, but watch the placement to keep the ends facing the right way or your luck will run out.  The horseshoe became lucky according to tradition when a blacksmith named Saint Dunstan nailed a horse shoe to the hoof of the Devil.

The number seven makes a great tattoo too, because according to the Bible when God created the heavens and the Earth this was accomplished in just six days.  God rested on the seventh day.  There are also the seven virtues working opposite the seven deadly sins. In the New Testament, Jesus advises Peter to forgive his sins committed against him seventy times seven times.

A rabbit’s foot is thought of as lucky.  It is known to be a charm against misfortune. A four leaf clover is supposed to help you with luck as well as love and faith.  While the shamrock is used to represent the Holy Trinity, the four leaf clover has one more leaf bringing to mind God’s grace.  Finding a real four leaf clover is hard, since they are a rare one in 10,000 occurrence. Getting a tattoo of a four leaf clover seems downright prudent.

A diamond is lucky as everyone knows because it is indestructible and dice are a lucky tattoo to have, since they remind Lady Luck who she came in with and where she remains.