The reliable gifts for men are consumable, wearable, or pourable, and the trick is matching the price band to the relationship. That is the whole method, and the rest of this guide is just that method applied to what we actually sell and pack in our shop on the West Pier of Howth harbour. Everything below is made in Ireland or built around Irish brands, and everything ships across Ireland, usually next working day.
What is a good gift for a man under €50?
Under €50, buy one good thing rather than several small things. Our steady sellers in this band are the Newbridge whiskey glasses, set of six (€30), the Donegal tweed flat cap (€45), the Aran hat (€25), and the Smoke House Box (€42.55), which is our smoked salmon with the bits that belong beside it. If he cooks, the Irish whiskey gravlax (€13.50) is the cheapest gift on this page that gets talked about afterwards.
What is a good gift for a man who has everything?
Something that gets used up; a man who has everything has storage problems, not desire problems. Food and drink are the polite answer: the Guinness Lover’s Hamper (€70), the Smoked Salmon & Jameson Gift Box (€115), or simply a side of our Irish organic oak-smoked salmon, which we cure ourselves in Howth and which does not hang around long enough to become clutter.
What do you buy when it needs to be substantial?
For a milestone birthday, a retirement, or a thank-you that has to carry weight, this is the band where a gift starts feeling like an occasion: the Jameson & Newbridge Gift Box (€100), the Pamper Hamper for Him (€110), or the Men’s Aran crew neck sweater (€80), knitted here rather than themed here (our Aran and Irish wool guide covers what “real” means). At the top sits the 18 Year Old Jameson with Waterford Crystal (€435), which is the one we sell when the recipient signed something important.
What are the best Irish gifts for men abroad?
Wearables and crystal travel anywhere; alcohol and fresh food do not. Hampers with alcohol cannot ship to the USA, nor to the UK for most of the year, and perishables, including our fresh salmon, cannot ship to the USA at all. So for a brother in Boston: the flat cap, the Aran sweater, or anything from the USA-safe range. For the UK, the UK range includes food all year, and from mid-November until just before Christmas we ship alcohol too, through our facility in Northern Ireland. This is customs law rather than us being difficult.
When in doubt
A hamper solves the “I don’t know him that well” problem better than anything else we sell, because it is several small right answers in one box; the Irish gift hampers page breaks the range down by occasion and budget. And if it is a work gift, from one employee to a whole client list, the corporate ordering service exists for exactly that.
