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Irish Sea Celtic
Shop
Irish Sea Celtic Shop — was started by Bill Leroy as
an online store in 2000, and opened as a store front in
2004 as a combination art gallery and Celtic store known as The
Leroy Galleries, Inc. — On a trip to Ireland in
October 2007, Bill decided to become only a Celtic store, and thus
the new name. The store is located at 333 W.
Broadway Street on the railroad tracks in the heart of Historic
Downtown Frankfort, Kentucky, diagonally across the street from the
Old State Capitol and directly across the street from the Watts
Federal Building, in a one story red brick building built circa 1824
and used at that time by George Bibb as a law office.
Click here for more about this
historic building and George Bibb.
For a
Map of how to find us, click here.
We are members of the Frankfort Area Chamber of
Commerce, the North
American Celtic Buyers Association (an association of Celtic
store fronts); participate in the activities of Downtown
Frankfort, Inc. (a Federal Main Street program), and are
sponsors of our local American Cancer Society Relay For Life event. We believe in
in the privacy of your data, with details on our Privacy and Security
page.
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Through our commitment, experience, and expertise,
the Irish Sea Celtic Shop is establishing a solid business
relationship with our customers! We invite you to visit
us, call us at (502) 223-9946 or send an e-mail to info@IrishSeaCeltic.com.
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The building and George
Bibb:
In Russ Hatter and Gene
Burch‘s book, “A Walking Tour of Historic Frankfort“, Russ
tells us that the building started out in life as the George
Mortimer Bibb Law Office. An 1824 tax record lists this
property at 333 West Broadway Street in the ownership of George
M. Bibb. (His younger brother John, famous for developing Bibb
lettuce, resided nearby on Wapping Street.)
The career of George
Mortimer (or Motier) Bibb spanned the first half of the nineteenth
century. He was both a witness to and a participant in most of
the important political and legal events of his age.
Bibb was born in 1776 in
Prince Edward County, Virginia, and moved to Lexington, Kentucky in
1789. Establishing a successful career in law, he married a daughter
of Charles Scott, later Governor of Kentucky. In the early
1800’s he served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky Free
Masons. Bibb served in the state legislature, succeeding Henry
Clay in 1806. In 1808 he was commissioned a Judge of the
Kentucky Court of Appeals and in the next year was designated by his
father-in-law, Governor Scott, as Chief Justice of Kentucky.
He became a U.S. Senator in 1811 and was among the “War Hawks”
pushing for war with Great Britain.
Following a second term as
U.S. Senator from Kentucky, Bibb was appointed to the Louisville
Chancery Court and thus acquired the title “Chancellor”, by which he
was generally known in later life. His friendship with John
Tyler during his service with the Jackson administration culminated
in his appointment as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in the summer
of 1844. In his latter years, he was a reminder of a bygone
era. He was the last to wear the old style knee britches in
Washington. In 1859, he died of pneumonia at his home near
Washington D.C. and is buried there (or possibly in the Frankfort
cemetery).
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