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An Post has honored the iconic Aran Jumper with a new stamp collection released on February 19. Designed by artist Sally Caulwell, the collection features two designs. The domestic post 'N stamp' ...

THE humble Aran jumper is officially in vogue — with a new exhibition recognising the importance of the woollen knit. The iconic Irish sweater is set to feature in a major new exhibition at New York’s ...

We all know what urban myths are, and the same ones tend to turn up again and again. Like the old chestnut one of the driver picking up the hitch-hiker. He drives her to the destination, but when they ...

One of the most popular souvenirs visitors pick up in Ireland is a traditional fisherman’s sweater, or "Aran jumper," named the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland. But these merino wool ...

I had an Aran jumper when I was child. I wasn't alone; everyone in my suburban universe had an Aran jumper. People with cloudy midriffs and glasses perched on the ends of their powdery noses, usually ...

When Taylor Swift dropped her album Folklore in July, its title and the Aran jumper she wore for an accompanying photoshoot were a combination calculated to signal authenticity. But Swift was not the ...

A cyclist wearing an Aran jumper with a polo neck in 1961. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images) Michael Kors featured an Aran jumper in 2014 Courtney Smith at the launch of the new SS17 ...