claddagh

[ klah-duh ]

/ ˈklɑ də /

a ring in the form of two hands clasping a crowned heart, given in friendship or love.

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First recorded in 1880–85; named after Claddagh, a fishing village near Galway, Ireland, where the ring was supposedly first designed and made

A large number of the population is employed in the salmon and herring fishery, and the Claddagh is their home.
On an Irish Jaunting-car|Samuel G. Bayne
This particular pattern has been the marriage-ring of the Claddagh fishing tribes for many centuries.
Romantic Ireland; volume 2/2|M.F and B. McM. Mansfield
One nailed me as I was passing her vegetable shop in the Claddagh.
Just Irish|Charles Battell Loomis
Specimens of the distinctive Claddagh ring, for example, were worn and treasured as venerated heirlooms.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4|Various

The Claddagh ring—two hands holding a heart—becomes an heirloom in a family, and is handed down from mother to daughter.
On an Irish Jaunting-car|Samuel G. Bayne