The phone rang “Tiny Bundles,” I answered. It took me a while to realize that I was receiving a phone call from a gentleman with an Irish accent, calling us directly from Ireland. He had happened upon our tinytinyclothing.com website and had an interest in our clothing. We chatted for what seemed like a good long while. I felt a surge of happiness and excitement as I hung up the phone and thought about this possible business opportunity in a faraway country.

What did I really know about Ireland? I began to wonder. For starters, I had learned from the phone conversation that there are no zip codes in Ireland outside of Dublin. A quick google search told me that Ireland is 1/2 the size of Arkansas, that their national symbol is the Celtic Harp, not the shamrock and that Oscar Wilde and Bram Stroker are included as famous alumni from Trinity College in Dublin, Irelands’ oldest university. And seeing that baby clothing is our game, I found learning about Irish baby names interesting. For instance, Aidan - pronounced “aid-an,” means “little fire.” This name is often used in remembrance of St Aidan of Iona. Cian - pronounced “kee+an,” means “ancient” and is, in fact, a very old name associated with a son-in-law of King Brian Boru. And what about girl names? Sinead - pronounced “shin+aid,” is Irish for Jane, the feminine version of John. Fiona - pronounced “fee+nuh,” is from the Irish word “fion,” which means “fair” or “clear.”

Well, lucky are we to have found ourselves fortunate to be able to ship our first shipment to Ireland at the beginning of this new year. Our hats are off to you Baby Nation of Ireland. We are happy to know that your sweet babies will be sporting about in our Tiny Bundles‘ comfortable and fashionable clothing. If there are any readers from Ireland with us, we would love to learn more about your country.

To end on an interesting note, our physical street address is Ballybunion Square. With what we do, Bellybutton Square would have been more fitting. Upon closer research, we find that Ballybunion is a famous golf course located in Southwestern Ireland, established in 1893 and known as the finest golf course in the world. Imagine that!