Birthday Gifts for Irish Parents & Grandparents Living Abroad

When family are spread across a few countries, a birthday can end up marked with a phone call and a card that arrives late. It's not that anyone means less by it — distance just makes the usual gifts harder to get right. A piece of home that travels well and means something tends to land better than anything ordered in a hurry from wherever they've settled.

Home & Hearth Coaster Set

Our Home & Hearth coaster set was designed with exactly this in mind — “níl aon tintéan mar do thintéan féin,” there's no hearth like your own hearth. It's become one of our most requested pieces for people buying for parents or grandparents who emigrated, and for emigrants themselves who want a piece of home in their new one.

Way of Paths

Our Way of Paths direction sign can be engraved with the actual townland or town someone is from — not “Ireland” in general, but the specific place. For someone who's been away a long time, that specificity tends to matter more than anything generically Irish.

Forever Words

If there's family back home, our Forever Words piece lets you send a birthday message in a grandchild's or family member's actual handwriting — something that feels like it came from a specific person, not a shop.

Heart of Éire

For something smaller and easier to pack in a suitcase if you're bringing it over yourself, our Heart of Éire piece keeps things simple — a gold-engraved outline of Ireland, plain and lasting.

Marking a bigger birthday rather than sending something abroad? Our guide to milestone birthday gifts covers a few more options in the same spirit. And if you'd like a specific townland, name or message engraved that isn't listed here, our Custom Order page is the place to start.