Fionnuala Gill

Fionnuala Gill Music and Mindfulness

We have been working with mindfulness teacher, singer and harpist Fionnuala Gill since 2008. Over that time we have build a number of websites and designed the artwork for her album. In 2021, we redesigned Fionnuala’s website to better showcase her work and her emphasis on mindfulness. Find out more about Fionnuala at FionnualaGill.com.

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An Ceathrú Póilí.

An Ceathrú Póilí - Irish bookshop

An Ceathrú Póilí, Belfast’s Irish language bookshop has been selling books, local crafts and jewellery and educational resources for 40 years. In 2017, we launched their first website and four years later are delighted to be launching a fresh, new design. The shop has over 2000 titles available and ships around the world. Raya created…

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Len Graham.

Len Graham website - songs from the source

Len Graham is one of Ireland’s finest song collectors and singers. We were delighted to create a new website for him featuring discography, shop and an index of songs transmitted to other artists by Len. You can find out more about Len Graham at StoryAndSong.com.

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Invest NI announce Micro-business E-Commerce Grant

Covid-19 Micro-business e-commerce grant

Invest NI have announced a new £3 million fund to help retail micro-businesses in Northern Ireland grow their businesses online. The COVID-19 Micro-business E-commerce Grant (MBEG) is open to any micro-sized retailer (less than 10 staff and less than £2m turnover) that wants to prepare for growth, develop their customer base and find new markets…

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An tSnáthaid Mhór Wholesale.

An tSnáthaid Mhór wholesale website

Raya Design were approached by our favourite publishing studio, An tSnáthaid Mhór / The Big Needle to create a website specifically for schools, libraries and non-profits so that they could order wholesale. We created a simple website with Stripe and Paypal checkouts along with an automated Royal Mail shipping calculator. The website launch coincided with…

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Houton Music.

Houton Music - Paula and Melanie Houton

Paula and Melanie Houton are two traditional music virtuosos on fiddle and flute. For the release of their first album, ‘A Snapshot in Time’, Raya created a new website for listening and buying their music (physical and download). We also automated their new newsletters so that their latest news is sent to followers as soon…

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Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin.

Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin - Irish Song

Raya Design have been working with Dr. Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin since 2011. As well as collaborating with Pádraigín on her major digital heritage project, Oriel Arts, we also built three incarnations of professional website, including the latest in 2020. Pádraigín’s new website features her latest news, discography and a robust e-commerce solution offering digital, physical…

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Keeping customers in the loop with Google My Business

Raya Design Belfast listing on Google My Business

At Raya Design, we look after 50+ client locations to ensure that customers are up to date and know when and how to buy your services. When we go shopping for office essentials, Google listings can tell us immediately the opening hours of the shop we want to visit or the service we need to…

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Rang.ie – Irish for Learners.

Rang.ie - learn Irish online

Raya have been working closely with Jim Herron, the author of ‘An Focal Gafa’ (a textbook in all Irish schools!), to create a new website for learning the Irish language, rang.ie. This new membership website offers interactive, multimedia lessons with features created for schools and students, as well as adult learners and those wanting ‘cúpla…

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Should your company automate your email marketing?

E-mail marketing is a vital tool for promoting your services and products and for keeping your customers up to date with important changes in your business, but finding the time to create that important campaign is the most common spoiler. At Raya Design Belfast we work with four different e-mail marketing providers, not including our…

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