The Celtic Store

03/22/2026

The Celtic Store/Celtic Trade has been taunting Una Coyote with many Pffffts at the Celtic ranch in NE Texas.
Una Coyote will chase The Roadrunner up to Secaucus, New Jersey for Celtic Showcase for the 26th time to exhibit again www.celticshows.com (trade only) at the Harmony Suites Hotel on April 19-21.
Una Coyote will again paint an image of The Lincoln Tunnel on a wall for Buyer Appreciation Night in an attempt to lure The Roadrunner into the Big City of Manhattan to drop an Acme Anvil on him. The Roadrunner will duck inside the pub to share pints with all the other road running exhibitors and store buyers.
Pfffffffffft!!

01/01/2026

Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh!!

04/30/2025

25th year of trade show exhibiting comes to an end. Time to put Una back in the van an make the long drive home.

Harmony Suites - Meadowlands
Rachel's pic
Times Square is too peopley
47th & 6th Ave.

04/01/2025

I have been off the road for a year in my 'mostly retirement' but am gearing up for Celtic Showcase 2025!! The Celtic Store's retail hat has long been put up on the shelf and the Celtic Trade hat is being dusted off.
Since 2000 Celtic Trade has been representing India Arts, a San Francisco based importer of Celtic design gift and home decor items for the US marketplace. This year we return to The Harmony Suites in Secaucus, NJ. Come see us for your storefront or festival vendor needs.
More info on trade show here:
https://www.facebook.com/celticshowcase2023?mibextid=ZbWKwL

(Vid from the 2023 show in Parsippany)

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03/04/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FzjLsmyvY/?mibextid=oFDknk

03/01/2025

I can't get away from festifying. Retired-ish.
Happy St. DAVID's Day.

02/05/2025

Ooofta!!
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1GbewFHuS3/?mibextid=jmPrMh

01/30/2025

A fun listen for me. This interview a couple of days ago on Perthshire, SCO radio with Ed and Dave takes me back 30 years ago where I was "standing just over yonder" in the Celtic music scene, the Deep Ellum alternative music scene, printing the tshirts for the pre-bands that led up to and then the tshirts for the Kildares themselves. In 1995 I ventured into festival vending and would see the band playing in different cities. Both Ed and I have subsequently moved out to rural NE Texas.

https://www.mixcloud.com/heartlandfmradio/heap-of-celtic-rock-with-dave-macthomais-30012025/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0g5msLrYMp72FXQXUb964xXwVBNAf72BRQ5FPqamv4KunV1geLVEDbHmk_aem_cpr5j4CwNTew10f12JTHCA

Celtic Rock is taking off across the world and Dave plays three hours of the best Celtic Rock every week from artists across the globe with regular live in-studio sessions and interviews with some of the biggest names in the business.

12/30/2024

2024 in Review and some 2025.
After mostly retireing at the end of 2023 a year has passed so an update is in order. I attended the Celtic Showcase in Parsippany, NJ, volunteered at NTIF, and attended Tyler Celtic. A lot has been accomplished on the homestead in the meantime: 400'+ of new fence, a 2nd pond dug out, lots more property cleanup, a new RV size carport, a lean-to with 2200w of solar, and a hybrid mini split installed which opens up another 500 sq ft of living space. I am currently working on a wood burning stove install also.
- The most exciting thing is Una!! After decades on nonstop travel, an old friend took a govt travel job so he blessed me with a guardian for The Celtic Ranch. She was born missing an eye and I have been unsucessful at getting her to bark like a pirate. Arrrrrrwoof!!
- My 800ac neighbor has my 21ac completely surrounded. It is very serene though. I took this photo after a storm dropped a 50' oak last May/June. It took a week to cut up and required a bigger tractor/backhoe to remove the root ball. The fence was immediately fixed. No bull.
- The immediate 5ac neighbor to the north has horses, goats, chickens, etc. We have him surrounded.
- 26 years of exhibiting at trade shows coming up in April.
- 39 years of NTIF coming up in March. Too many hats worn there to even list. It has always been my (bday) Party!!
*** For the last few years long time friends, former owners of a Celtic store, and fellow festival vendors from DesMoines, Gary & Kris Knapp, would stop thru on the way to/from their winter quarters at the bottom of Texas, including last April for the Total Solar Eclipse. Sadly Kris passed away a month ago Gary still came thru.

I look forward to 2025, getting more homesteading done, and I may even travel to a few more festivals as a ticket buying tourist. Happy New Year y'all!!!

12/16/2024

https://youtu.be/Y608fQ9pfvQ?si=2OBIsgRhATtEFeM9

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