Watch: US influencer's video of 'amazing' Kilcar woman headed for 1,000,000 views
By Alan Foley
Published 11th Jun 2025, 17:08 BST
Updated 11th Jun 2025, 17:15 BST
New Yorker Marissa Meizz, who had 580,000 followers on Tiktok and 71,000 on Instragam was in Muckross, Kilcar, when she decided to pop into Kathleen Meehan Aran Handknits with friends
An American influencer has described a Donegal handknitter as "an angel in human form."
New Yorker Marissa Meizz, who had 580,000 followers on Tiktok and 71,000 on Instragam was in Muckross, Kilcar, when she decided to pop into Kathleen Meehan Aran Handknits with friends. Marissa videoed her experience and to date, it has been viewed over 800,000 times on Tiktok, where it has over 125,000 likes, with over over 90,000 likes also on Instagram.
Donal Sweeney, Kathleen Meehan, Bernadette Gillespie and Maureen Carr at the 40th anniversary of Studio Donegal, Kilcar, back in 2020
Kathleen has been handknitting Aran sweaters for 40 years from her home in Ireland and creates custom designs for customers and she showed her guests some of her work."