Two centuries of timeless pieces

Joan Gelletlie, owner of TJ Gelletlie in Wicklow town Pic: Andrés Poveda

TJ Gelletlie, the family-owned jeweller in Wicklow town, is marking 200 years in business this year.

The shop was established in 1818, and five generations of the Gelletlie family have since steered the business through rebellions, land wars and the foundation of the Irish Free State.

Now run by goldsmith Joan Gelletlie, who married into the family in the 1990s, the shop on Main Street still has its original façade, Victorian display cases ...