Irish Eyes are Smiling - 17 Irish Sayings for St. Patrick's Day

Don’t you love St. Patrick’s Day? And whether we are Irish or not, don’t we all want to be Irish-at-heart and have an excuse to wear green, drink green beer, and wear shamrock-shaped eyeglasses if only for one day? To celebrate this one day a year when we all channel our inner lucky leprechaun, I’ve rounded up 17 Irish Sayings for St. Patrick’s Day so that we can celebrate all things Irish in the lyrical words of the Irish.

Looking for Irish blessings, Irish proverbs, and/or Irish toasts instead of Irish sayings? No worries! I have 17 of each of those, too, on this blog! You can find them here:

Eat, Drink, and Be Irish – 17 Irish Toasts for St. Patrick’s Day

Top o’ the Morning – 17 Irish Proverbs for St. Patrick’s Day

Irish for a Day – 17 Irish Blessings for St. Patrick’s Day

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17 Irish Sayings for St. Patrick’s Day

Rich in Celtic culture and folklore, these Irish sayings paint pictures in our minds of the iconic Emerald Isle and its inhabitants. So, join me on this journey, and let’s get started!

First up, a few old Irish sayings that are so old that they are tagged as “Celtic Sayings.”

When the moon wears a wedding veil

with a star caught in it,

rain will come to bless the earth.

-Celtic Saying

When God made time,

He made enough of it.

-Celtic Saying

It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.

-Celtic Saying

Here’s are a couple of Irish sayings about friends…

Count your joys instead of your woes;

Count your friends instead of your foes.

-Irish Saying

Always remember to forget the things that made you sad.

But never forget to remember the things that made you glad.

Always remember to forget the friends that proved untrue.

But don’t forget to remember those that have stuck by you.

-Irish Saying

Here’s an Irish saying about travel…travel back to Ireland, that is…

O for a breath of Irish air

And a sight of the Irish green

A taste of the Irish bill of fare

From the hands of my Irish Coleen.

-Irish Saying

Here are several Irish sayings that are funny and will make you chuckle…

An Irishman is never drunk

as long as he can hold onto

one blade of grass

and not fall off the face of the earth.

-Irish Saying

God is good,

but never dance

in a small boat.

-Irish Saying

Diplomacy is the ability to tell

a man to go to hell

so that he will look forward

to the trip.

-Irish Saying

When Irish Eyes are smiling

you know there is something afoot.

-Irish Saying

Here are several Irish sayings that are Irish triads, which are undeniable truths lumped together in sets of three…

The three best things:

a little seed in good soil,

a few cows in good grass,

a few friends in the tavern.

-Irish Saying

Three best to have in plenty –

sunshine, wisdom, and generosity.

-Irish Triad

Three things that are never seen are

a blade’s edge, the wind, and love.

-Irish Saying

The next Irish saying is so old that I would classify it as a stereotypical Irish saying…

Grant me a sense of humor, Lord,

the saving grace to see a joke,

to win some happiness from Life,

and pass it on to other folk.

-Irish Saying

And this Irish saying is what we all wish for on St. Patrick’s Day – to be Irish!

There are only two kinds of people in the world –

the Irish and those who wish they were.

-Irish Saying

The next Irish saying is succinct – four words that evoke a powerful message about companionship and our very human need for each other…

Two shorten the road.

-Irish Saying

And, I find this last Irish saying highly motivational…

Often has the likely failed and the unlikely succeeded.

-Irish Saying

Isn’t she adorable? Full of mischief with daisies over her eyes!

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