Personalised Ogham Family Christmas Print, Custom Irish Family Names in Ogham, Nollaig Shona, Printable Ornament, Digital Download

Your family names written in Ogham, Ireland’s ancient tree alphabet, as a Christmas print to keep and a set of printable ornaments for the tree. Each wall print shows the family name, every first name in Ogham with the name underneath, and the greeting Nollaig Shona – Happy Christmas. It makes a thoughtful gift for a family with Irish roots, a first Christmas in a new home, or a keepsake for yourselves.

★ THIS IS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD – NO PHYSICAL ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED ★
No print, frame, ornament or paper is posted to you. I make your personalised files and send them to you on Etsy, and you print them yourself.

HOW PERSONALISATION WORKS
1. Type the family name and each first name in the personalisation box at checkout, exactly as you want them, with any fadas (e.g. Seán, Gráinne). Add the year if you would like it, and your colour: Parchment, Slate, Minimal or Christmas.
2. I create your print and ornament files and send them to you through Etsy within 1–2 business days. Etsy emails you when they are ready, and you will find them under You > Purchases.
3. Download, print at home or at any print shop, and frame the wall print. For the ornaments, print on card, cut out, punch the marked hole and add a ribbon.

WHAT YOU GET
• Wall print, two layouts: “Family Stones” (each name runs up a short stemline, read from the bottom up like the ancient stones) and “Ogham Line” (names read from left to right)
• The heading “The [Family Name] Family”, the greeting Nollaig Shona, and the year if you asked for it
• A compact key of the Ogham letters used, with the Irish letter name and the tree traditionally linked to each one (the same approach as my Personalised Ogham Name Print)
• Printable ornaments: a 3 in (7.6 cm) and an 8 cm circle for the family name and for each first name, plus a sheet of 6-up circles on A4 and on US Letter, with crop marks and a hole-punch guide
• 4 wall sizes of each layout: 8x10 in, 11x14 in, A4 and A3, plus 5x7 in and 4x6 in gift sizes
• High-resolution 300 dpi PDFs in your chosen colourway: Parchment, Slate stone, Minimal black on cream, or Christmas (deep green and gold on cream)
• Frame, ribbon and blank ornaments shown in the photos are not included

ABOUT THE SPELLING
Ogham was made for the Irish language, so it has no letters for J, K, V, W, X or Y. I follow the common convention: J and Y are written as I, K as C, V as F, W as U, and X as CS. The print notes any letter that was swapped. Irish names (Aoife, Niamh, Pádraig) are written letter for letter, and fadas don’t change the Ogham. If you would prefer the Irish form of a name (James → Séamus, Mary → Máire), just ask in the personalisation box.
Note: this is a letter-by-letter transliteration of the spelling you give me, not a translation.

THE IRISH ON THE PRINT
Nollaig Shona means Happy Christmas. The dictionaries give Nollaig Shona as the short greeting (focloir.ie, Foras na Gaeilge, “Happy Christmas!”), and Nollaig shona dhuit when it is addressed to one person (teanglann.ie, de Bhaldraithe, “A merry Christmas!”). The wall print uses the short form Nollaig Shona, which works for a whole family.

PLEASE NOTE
• This is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. Nothing physical will be shipped.
• Please check your spelling before ordering. Made-to-order digital items can’t be returned, but if I make a mistake I’ll fix it straight away.
• There is no proof step, so the names are printed as you type them.
• For personal use only – please don’t share or resell the files.
• Colours may look slightly different on screen and in print.
• The letter meanings are traditional tree associations and modern symbolic meanings, given for enjoyment.
• For Christmas delivery, please order a few days before you plan to print or frame the files, so there is time to make them and for you to get them printed.

Want a single name rather than a family group? See my Personalised Ogham Name Print. Printable Irish Christmas cards are in the shop too, including the Irish Christmas Card Bundle.

Go raibh maith agat – thank you for supporting a small Irish shop!
James, CelticwonderDesign