Furlong Irish Woven Blanket | Family Crest Tartan Throw

The Furlong name is one of the oldest Anglo-Norman surnames in Ireland, rooted in County Wexford — the county where the Norman invasion of Ireland began in 1169 and where the Norman presence took its deepest and most lasting hold. Furlong — from the Old English and Norman-French measure of a furrow’s length, a unit of land — was a topographic surname given to families who held land measured in furlongs, part of the Anglo-Norman agricultural world transplanted into the Irish counties. The Furlongs of Wexford became one of the most prominent Norman-Irish families of the south-east, their name woven into the County Wexford landscape across eight centuries. This Irish woven blanket features the Furlong family crest against the Irish National Tartan.

History & Heritage

County Wexford was the landing place of Strongbow and the first great Norman settlement in Ireland — it was here that the Norman families put down their earliest Irish roots, and it is here that many Norman-Irish surnames are most concentrated and most ancient. The Furlongs were among the Wexford Norman families who became thoroughly Hibernicised over the centuries, speaking Irish, adopting Gaelic customs, and intermarrying with the Gaelic families of the region. By the seventeenth century, the Furlongs were considered one of the principal Catholic Norman-Irish families of County Wexford, and they played a part in the 1798 Rebellion — one of the most dramatic chapters in the county’s long history. The name today is strongly associated with Wexford and with the deep Norman-Irish heritage of Ireland’s south-east.

Craftsmanship

This blanket is woven from premium cotton yarn — the Furlong family crest and the Irish National Tartan formed within the textile structure during weaving, not printed onto the surface. The design is part of the cloth itself: consistent woven depth on both sides, a soft and substantial feel from the premium cotton, and traditional fringed edges completing the piece as a genuinely woven heritage item.

Product Details

• Material: premium cotton yarn
• Construction: woven, not printed — design integral to the fabric
• Available sizes: 52″ × 37″, 60″ × 50″, 80″ × 60″
• Finish: traditional fringed edges
• Care: machine wash cold, tumble dry low

At Home

Draped across a sofa, displayed in a study or library, or laid over a reading chair — this blanket carries the Furlong name into a home where County Wexford Irish heritage is a living part of the family story. A meaningful piece for any household with this ancient Norman-Irish Wexford surname.

You’ll also find the Furlong name across other Celtic Ancestry Gifts pieces, including mugs, apparel, ornaments, and wall décor.