A groundbreaking new e-commerce platform will be launched next week dedicated to selling handmade arts, crafts, clothing and homeware from Inishowen and the North West. www.irishhands.
com will be a free, customised, online store for creative entrepreneurs to showcase and sell their unique products locally, nationally and internationally. The launch event will take place at ii – inishowen innovation – digital hub in Buncrana from 2pm – 4pm on Friday the 7th of June 2024. The event is a call to all creatives from the North West (artists, artisans, designers & makers).
Attendees will learn about the platform’s key features, including how Irish Hands will harness videos and social media channels like Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok & YouTube to showcase local makers and their unique creations globally. They’ll also learn about “Inishowen’s sacred ancient triangle” – a term coined by Irish Hands founder Shane Kirby, consisting of a 6,000- year-old Neolithic settlement at Thornhill, prehistoric rock art sites, and the ancient ringfort Grianán of Aileach – and his claim that the peninsula and wider North West is the ancestral home of Irish arts, crafts and creative making. The launch event for “Irish Hands” is part of an open day at the ii in support of “I Love Inishowen Day” – with multiple other events taking place across the peninsula on the following day (Saturday, 8th June 2024) in conjunction with Go Visit Inishowen.
Anne Marie McLaughlin, Innova.
