Giving Gifts This St Patrick's Day? Give A Green Gift!

"...the greener, the better," says Peter Slevin. Some people might use the phrase to denote a switch to a more earth-friendly lifestyle. But the words have additional significance for Mr. Slevin, one of the three founders of Rooted in Ireland. In a most appropriate "green" spirit, this small company has begun making a difference to the Emerald Isle and the entire world by bringing the green back to a place whose very name makes people think of the color. Near the spot Saint Patrick built the first stone church in 445 A.D., Peter Slevin and co-founders Patrick Nugent and Anne-Marie Nugent's company has taken root.

Ireland is currently the most treeless country in Europe. It's an astonishingly tragic fact, especially considering the close kinship the ancient Celts had with the forest. It was a significant part of their economy, culture-even impacting their language and surnames. To help bring the green back to Ireland, Rooted in Ireland has decided to plant and maintain memorial oak trees. Rooted in Ireland is quick to remind people of the ancient proverb that says, "A society grows great when they plant trees whose shade they will never sit in." The company has a fierce feeling of connection with both the rich historic emotion memorial oak trees can evoke as well as the "green" environmental impact oxygen- and acorn-producing trees can bring back to the deforested region.

To further help their memorial oak tree planting mission, they have established a complementary new site, Great Gifts from Ireland. The money made in sales from the recently launched website goes to support the original focus of the group - a 9 acre grove of young oak trees planted in a place oaks were once plentiful. The location overlooks historic Armagh, "the city of saints and scholars" which was the historical center of St. Patrick's congregation.

Great Gifts from Ireland features Irish gifts that range from the unique to the more traditional with the goal always being that the products carried are fun and of high quality. There are collectable wooden spoons, lighters, Guinness "Drinking Socks" and shot glasses with either the claddagh or a traditional Irish blessing. Authentic Irish gifts for St. Patrick's Day abound at Great Gifts from Ireland. Stone key rings carved with the shamrock (the same symbol St. Patrick used to teach the concept of the Trinity), brass St. Brighid's crosses and handcrafted Celtic crosses made from the very turf of the brilliant Emerald Isle are among the unique Irish gifts that make a visit to Great Gifts from Ireland a wonderful online treat.

But of course the most green and worthwhile gift that you can give from Rooted in Ireland is of course one of their oak trees. What other gift can you give someone safe in the knowledge that the gift will still be around in a couple hunded years or so? For only $99 you too can dedicated an oak tree, and join the ranks of delighted people who have dedicated a tree with Rooted in Ireland. And there is another benefit; 10% of the price of each tree dedication goes directly to Marie Curie Cancer Research!.

Go ahead, feel good about St. Patrick's Day gifts you give this year-Go green with Great Gifts from Ireland.

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