Discover how places hold stories—and how we connect with them.
These greeting cards, notebooks, and prints explore the bond between people and place, using playful animal characters to bring Ireland’s landscapes and histories to life. Each image is inspired by a real location and reflects the memories, meanings, and everyday experiences that make it special.
The Kinsale Collection celebrates simple pleasures—like walks by the sea, meals with loved ones, and the treat of an ice cream on a sunny day. It’s about the small, shared moments that help us feel at home. These shared moments create a sense of belonging, identity and community.
The Spike Island Collection takes a more reflective turn, drawing on the island’s past as a prison. It encourages us to think about how places carry difficult histories—and how we remember them. It invites us to reflect on how landscapes carry the weight of the past.
Together, these pieces are part of a growing series called Stories of Places, which looks at how places shape our sense of belonging. More are being added all the time, so feel free to check back for new work!
Whether you’re looking for a thoughtful gift or something meaningful for yourself, I hope these pieces spark connection, a sense of place and also that they just make you smile!
Bo Design is proud to be stocked at:
Blarney Woollen Mills
Weavers of Ireland, Kinsale
The Boathouse Gallery, Kinsale
The Lemon Leaf, Kinsale
The Bulman, Kinsale
Charlesfort, Kinsale
Kitty O'Se's Kinsale
Kitty O' Se's Killarney
Michelle Mitton Design Gallery , Clonakilty
Michael Collins House, Clonakilty
Spike Island Gift Shops
Le Cheile, Dunmanway
Bandon Books Plus
Phillip's Book store Mallow
Allen's Belgooly
Ohh By Gum, Galway
Weavers of Ireland, Glengarriff