Mulligan Gear

Mulligan Gear isn't a maker in the sense that most other entries in this directory are — it's an Irish-American specialty retailer with a tightly curated men's headwear section rather than its own workshop. That distinction matters when you're deciding where to buy: you're paying for their selection and service rather than for in-house craftsmanship.

The catalogue leans hard into the kind of cap an Irish-American grandfather in Boston or Chicago would actually have worn — tweed flat caps and scallies sourced from a mix of Irish and US workshops, generally in muted, wearable colourways rather than anything flashy. The selection is smaller than a big general marketplace, which functions almost as a feature: there's comparatively little decision paralysis, and what's on the page has clearly been chosen by someone paying attention to the category rather than algorithmically listed.

Because they're a retailer rather than a manufacturer, exact construction quality varies by which underlying maker supplied a given cap, and the site doesn't always make sourcing fully transparent — worth checking product descriptions carefully if a specific origin matters to you.

Sizing guidance follows whatever the originating maker provides, so it's worth reading the specific product page rather than assuming a single size chart applies across the whole headwear section.

The honest caveat: if you already know exactly which maker and model you want, buying directly from that maker will usually be more transparent about construction and materials than buying through a curator like this. Mulligan Gear is at its best when you don't yet know what you want and would rather have someone narrow the field for you.

They also carry adjacent gear — wool scarves, gloves, ties, and general Irish-American gift items — which makes them a reasonably efficient one-stop shop if you're assembling an Irish-themed gift rather than shopping for a cap in isolation.

Use them as a curator, not a manufacturer — a sensible starting point if you want an Irish-flavoured cap and some hand-holding, less useful if you've already settled on a specific workshop.