Who We Are
Lovern Leather Goods make high quality accessories to lift your spirits. We blend the traditional with the contemporary in products of timeless beauty. We are based in Galway, in the West of Ireland.
Our Story
The Galway Barrel Bag has its origins in a bag my mother passed down to me. From the first time I saw it I loved that bag with its unusual shape and beautiful leather. From the first day I wore it I realised it wasn’t just me.
When I started to travel the globe with Irish music as my social passport my travelling companion was that beautiful barrel bag and in every country it started conversations and friendships.
Later my life became more settled. Passport and boarding pass gave way to school runs and sunscreen, but the barrel bag remained with me and the compliments continued. People would often ask where they could get one and the answer seemed to be ‘nowhere’ as the original bag was bespoke and the shop that made it was long gone.
When I started to travel the globe with Irish music as my social passport my travelling companion was that beautiful barrel bag and in every country it started conversations and friendships.
Later my life became more settled. Passport and boarding pass gave way to school runs and sunscreen, but the barrel bag remained with me and the compliments continued. People would often ask where they could get one and the answer seemed to be ‘nowhere’ as the original bag was bespoke and the shop that made it was long gone.
I began to think about reviving the bag myself and as I explored I found in my bag a tradition new to me but not dissimilar to that of Irish music – a tradition that encompassed the skills of Irish leather craft. Since then I’ve charted a course through pattern-making, cutting, sewing and sourcing Italian vegetable-tanned hides from Tuscany to bring you the Galway Barrel Bag – to carry your belongings, to carry the tradition and of course to pass it down to the next generation.
Sincerely,
Sincerely,
