Exactly 200 years after John D’Arcy founded the city of Clifden in Ireland, we placed our finger on the world map when we needed a new name for our warm, woolly, and smart looking jumper.
And as if he magically controlled our finger - John D’Arcy, (a young, ambitious and smart looking dude in his time) pointed us straight to a little dot, somewhere on the West Coast of Ireland.
We looked at each other. It sounded ok. The Clifden was born!
Over the years The Clifden became a success story while we kept re-designing it to perfection. Almost in the same way Clifden town rapidly developed under John’s stewardship - It came with passion, craft and determination.
Our Clifden jumpers come in a variety of shades that reflect the colours of the West Coast of Ireland.
As a tribute to Clifden, its inhabitants (and the legacy of John D’Arcy who lead us to his old village), we travelled last month to Ireland with a suitcase full of new Clifden jumpers to photograph the new collection - with the lovely people of the town, with its 1567 inhabitants 18 pubs, and two churches.
We met the red-bearded Domhnall, surfer Noel with his Dutch ancestors, the boys from the local Butcher shop, pub owner John, the banjo players, the whiskey connaisseurs and Guinness drinkers - and dressed them in our new Clifden collection.
