Baby gifts and Catholic Irish gifts

For the holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, or St. Patrick's Day, you'll find a fine assortment of items for those you love. Catholic Irish gifts like the communion box or holy water font, or something straight from Mullingar, Ireland, the pewter Claddagh keyring will be appreciated. And there's a charming assortment of Irish baby gifts from which to select the perfect bit of Eire to start that young one off right. A few Irish baby items for the wee one are:

• Baby boy or baby girl Belleek cup, with a bunny sporting a hand painted pink or blue bow
• Also from Belleek: a bank with the traditional pig, pink-nosed and with a wreath of shamrocks round his neck
• Finbaaa, the Irish sheep plush toy, so soft and adorable with a shamrock nose
• A penguin mother and father shelter their little one on a silver plated music box that plays Brahms' Lullaby
• A must-have for the luckiest little girl or boy: a silver-plated tooth fairy box, engraveable

What's a sure way to please that bundle of joy? Mothers and fathers like to mark the miracle of their new little arrival with some of our finer Belleek Irish products for baby, whether it's one of the fine Kylemore bowl and spoon sets or the simply charming "Baby" mug, but the baby itself may get more enjoyment from one of the simply adorable plush toys at SimplyIrishGIfts.com. There's the Good Luck Bear Ciaran or Rory, and Musical Mollie, the singing sheep, who croons in her own baaashful way, "When Irish Eyes are Smiling." And for the baby's day of Christening, you may want to explore our many Catholic Irish gifts, proper presents to mark this special occasion.