AbstractWe consider the irreducible representations each of dimension 2 of the necklace braid group $${\mathcal {N}}{\mathcal {B}}_n$$
N
B
n
($$n=2,3,4$$
n
=
2
,
3
,
4
). We then consider the tensor product of the representations of $${\mathcal {N}}{\mathcal {B}}_n$$
N
B
n
($$n=2,3,4$$
n
=
2
,
3
,
4
) and determine necessary and sufficient condition under which the constructed representations are irreducible. Finally, we determine conditions under which the irreducible representations of $${\mathcal {N}}{\mathcal {B}}_n$$
N
B
n
($$n=2,3,4$$
n
=
2
,
3
,
4
) of degree 2 are unitary relative to a hermitian positive definite matrix.