Tara Brooch Celtic Tattoo Design wales Our feet may swiftly carry

Our feet may swiftly carry out Thy commands

VIRTUTE VICI : "I HAVE CONQUERED BY VIRTUE" read the words on the weathered headstone in the Irish graveyard on which this cross was carved decades ago

as shown the dotting mimics the way the carved stones would have looked

Celtic symbols

The deity is sometimes known as Badb Catha ("battle crow")

Tara Brooch Celtic Tattoo Design wales Our feet may swiftly carryThe fabulous Tara Brooch is one of the most amazing artifacts of the early Christian era in Ireland. Created around 700 AD, it is covered with decorations and embellishments in filigree and inlay. To make the design suitable for tattooing I carefully simplified it, while remaining true to the spectacular original.