How To Say Happy St. Patrick’s Day In Irish (With Etiquette)

Saying happy St. Patrick’s Day in Irish differs depending on the situation.

For example, how you say it to a friend differs to how you say it to a group of friends/family.

It can seem intimidating at first glance, but it’s easy when you get the hang of it, as you’ll discover below.

1. Saying happy St. Patrick’s Day in Irish to one person

Arguably the most common way to say happy St. Patrick’s Day in Irish is ‘Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit’.

This can be used when you’re speaking directly to one person. Here’s everything you need to know:

• The phrase: Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you
• In Irish: Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit
• Use it when: You’re directing the greeting to one person
• How to pronounce it: ‘Lah leh Pah-drig Sun-uh gw-itch’

2. Saying happy St. Patrick’s Day in Irish to a group

If you’d like to say happy St. Patrick’s Day in Gaelic to a group of two or more, say ‘Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhaoibh’.

It’s a fairly straightforward greeting. Here’s everything you need to know:

• The phrase: Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you (two people or more)
• In Irish: Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhaoibh
• Use it when: You’re directing the greeting to a number of people
• How to pronounce it: ‘Lah leh Pah-drig Sun-uh Yee-uvh’

3. A traditional happy St. Patrick’s Day in Irish to one person

If you’re looking for a more traditional greeting to give one person, you can add a blessing into it with ‘Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig dhuit’.

This is a little tougher to pronounce that the previous one. Here’s everything you need to know:

• The phrase: St. Patrick’s Day blessings to you
• In Irish: Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig dhuit
• Use it when: You’re directing the greeting to one person
• How to pronounce it: ‘Ban-ach-tee nuh Fae-leh Pah-drig gw-itch

4. A traditional happy St. Patrick’s Day in Irish to a group

One of the more traditional ways to say happy St. Patrick’s Day in Gaelic to a group of two or more people is ‘Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh’.

As was the case with the singular version above, it adds a blessing to the the greeting.

• The phrase: St. Patrick’s Day blessings to you (two people or more)
• In Irish: Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh
• Use it when: You’re directing the greeting to one person
• How to pronounce it: ‘Ban-ach-tee nuh Fae-leh Pah-drig ur-ivh

FAQs about how to say happy St. Patrick’s Day in Irish

We’ve had a lot of questions over the years asking about everything from ‘What’s a traditional greeting?’ to ‘How do you say it to a group?’.

In the section below, we’ve popped in the most FAQs that we’ve received. If you have a question that we haven’t tackled, ask away in the comments section below. Here are some related reads you should find interesting:

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