Cairnes Irish Woven Blanket | Ulster Scots Family Crest Throw

Cairnes came south from Scotland and put its name on ledgers rather than castles. This premium heritage woven blanket honors the Cairnes family crest against the Irish National Tartan.

The Cairnes Name in Ireland

The name is Scottish, taken from lands in Galloway named for their cairns — the old stone waymarks — and it crossed to Ulster with seventeenth-century settlement, spreading south into Louth. There it earned its keep twice over: the Cairnes family of Drogheda ran one of Ireland's best-known regional breweries for more than a century, and John Elliott Cairnes of Castlebellingham became one of the leading political economists of his age, whose The Slave Power of 1862 shaped how Britain read the American Civil War. Cairns, without the e, is the same name.

How the Cairnes Blanket Is Made

The loom does the decorating here. Crest and tartan are woven from 100% premium cotton yarn into the body of the cloth, finished with traditional fringed edges.

Product Details

• Material: 100% premium cotton yarn
• Construction: woven, not printed
• Available sizes: 52 × 37 inches, 60 × 50 inches, and 80 × 60 inches
• Finish: traditional fringed edges
• Care: machine wash cold on a gentle cycle; tumble dry low

Well made, well kept, well handed on.

More for the Cairnes Family

The Cairnes family crest also appears on mugs, apparel, ornaments, and wall décor across the Celtic Ancestry Gifts range.