Christmas Gifts Made Local: Our Irish Gift Guide for 2026
Every December the same thing happens. We reach for a gift that says "Ireland" and end up with something made anywhere but. So this year we've put together our own list: fifteen presents from Irish makers and small Irish businesses, including a few of ours, drawn by Paul and printed by hand in our Dublin and Wexford studios. It's a personal list, with some of our own favourites in it, and we'll keep adding to it as new pieces come out of the studio between now and Christmas.
Under €20: the stocking fillers
1. Organic cotton socks. The great Irish stocking filler, at €10 a pair: 99s, reindeer, Dublin landmarks, Carrauntoohil and bikes. Everyone gets a pair, and everyone is arguing over whose is whose by Stephen's Day. The larger size (UK 7 to 12) has already gone in a few of the designs, so I suggest doing the socks first.
See the Rudolph Reindeer socks →
2. A bar of natural soap. We stock Beyond the Ferns soaps at Waveborn, our own gift shop in Rosslare Strand. They're handmade in small batches with natural ingredients, using the traditional cold process method, and there's no palm oil in them. At €9 a bar, they're a lovely one for a stocking.
3. Irish-made chocolate. Small-batch Irish chocolate makers do their best work at Christmas. Look for bars that are made in Ireland, not just wrapped here, at your local market.
4. A locally poured candle. Irish candle studios pour lovely seasonal scents, think turf, sea salt and pine. You'll find a good selection in the home and candles corner at Waveborn.
5. Coffee roasted in Ireland. A bag of beans from an independent Irish roastery beats any airport tin. Roasted Brown, who roast in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, are one of our favourites.
Under €40: the main presents
6. A landmark t-shirt. The one they'll actually wear. Our newest design is Mourne Mountains in Blue Grey, and Pigeon House in Deep Teal is a new colour for the very first design we ever printed. Then there are the ones people come back to us for every year: Poolbeg Chimneys, the Dublin Skyline, The Sugar Loaf and Carrauntoohil. All 100% organic cotton, all printed by hand.
See the Mourne Mountains tee →
7. Something for the sea swimmer. For the Forty Foot devotee who's in all winter: the Vitamin Sea tee in Aloe, printed front and back, with the Vitamin Sea socks to match.
8. An Irish landmark print. A print of a place they love, ready to frame. We have a small number of our own prints left, and there are more prints at Waveborn, including the Rosslare Strand ones and the Poolbeg Chimneys.
9. Irish-made skincare. Seaweed scrubs, body oils and hand lotions from small makers are a little luxury that nobody buys for themselves. You'll find the ones we love in bath and body at Waveborn.
10. A bottle from an Irish distillery. An Irish whiskey, a craft gin or a non-alcoholic botanical from one of the island's distilleries. One of our go-to bottles is Teeling, which is distilled in the Liberties in Dublin.
The big presents
11. A hoodie or an organic cotton sweater. The present that gets worn on the Stephen's Day walk, and then most days until March. We print these in much smaller batches than the tees, so there are only a handful in each size. The Vitamin Sea Sweater is €65 in Aloe, Sage and Lavender, and you'll find the rest with all our hoodies and sweaters.
See the Vitamin Sea Sweater in Aloe →
12. An Irish wool throw. The classic for a reason. Avoca have been weaving at their mill in Avoca village, Co. Wicklow since 1723, and one of their throws is the kind of present that stays in a family. And if you're in an Avoca store anyway, they carry our tees and hoodies too, so you can look after two presents in one go.
13. Irish pottery or ceramics. A handmade mug from an Irish studio outlives every other present. We have some lovely pieces in the shop at Waveborn.
14. An experience. A voucher for something to do has no shipping deadline at all. Paul went coasteering over the summer, which means climbing, swimming and jumping your way along the coast, and a voucher for that costs around €85. A sea-swim sauna, a day out with a hill-walking guide or dinner in a local restaurant would go down very well too.
15. Can't decide? A gift card. Our gift cards arrive by email straight away and start at €5. They're the official present of people who left it until the 23rd.
When to order for Christmas 2026
To have your Due South order in time for Christmas, please order by Monday 14 December for Britain and the rest of Europe, and by Wednesday 16 December for Ireland. If you can order earlier, please do, as shipping delays are common this side of Christmas.
However you do your Christmas shopping this year, thank you for doing some of it with small Irish makers. It means a great deal to us.
More ideas: Irish Christmas Gifts · Gifts for Him · Gifts for Her · Sustainable Irish Gifts. For something to read by the fire, try Christmas for the Celts.