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The most common way of saying hello in Irish is Dia dhuit, pronounced, jee-ah-gwitch. You might also hear it pronounced as jee-ah-gwit or. jee-ah ditch. If you are saying hello in Irish to more than one person then you would use, Dia Daoibh which is pronounced jee-uh dee-uv or jee-uh dee-iv.

Here are 15 Irish expressions to break out on St. Paddy’s Day:

• May the road rise up to meet you.
• Sláinte!
• What’s the craic?
• May the cat eat you, and may the devil eat the cat.
• Two people shorten the road.
• Story horse?
• On me tod.
• Acting the maggot.

A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. May the roof above you never fall in and those gathered beneath it never fall out. A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures. A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns.

Irish Greetings: Hello, Goodbye

• Hello – Dia duit. ( literally “may God be with you”)
• How are you? – Conas atá tú?
• I am – Is mise …
• What’s your name? – Cad es ainm duit?
• What’s the news? – Cén scéal?
• Pleased to meet you – Tá áthas orm bualadh leat.
• Welcome – Fáilte.
• Goodbye (short and general form) – Slán.

It is also used as Irish slang meaning “throw” (e.g. “he fecked the remote control across the table at me”.) It has also been used as a verb meaning “to steal” (e.g. “they had fecked cash out of the rector’s room”) or to discover a safe method of robbery or cheating.

May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your fields, And, until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Top 50 Irish proverbs and sayings you should know for St. Patrick’s Day Back to video

• If you’re enough lucky to be Irish…
• Here’s health to your enemies’ enemies!
• May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live.
• May the wind always be at your back.

May good luck be with you Wherever you go, and your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow. May your days be many and your troubles be few, May all God’s blessings descend upon you, May peace be within you, May your heart be strong, May you find what you’re seeking wherever you roam.

The story of the most popular Irish blessing. It’s the most well-known Irish blessing, but what exactly are the origins of the much-loved blessing May the road rise up to meet you? In full, the blessing, which is also used as a prayer, reads as follows: May the road rise up to meet you.

“A wish that every day for you will be happy from the start and may you always have good luck and a song within your heart.” “May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow. And may trouble avoid you wherever you go.” For the whole world is Irish on the Seventeenth o’ March!

The most common greeting is the handshake. The Irish usually shake hands when being introduced or when greeting a friend or work colleague. In formal situations or with people of higher status, titles and last names are used. Among close friends and family, the Irish may hug and kiss each other on the cheek.

MO GHRÁ THU Meaning “You are My Love,” this phrase is the most direct Irish translation for “I love you.”

col·leen. (kŏ-lēn′, kŏl′ēn′) An Irish girl. [Irish Gaelic cailín, diminutive of caile, girl, from Old Irish.]

Mot – Girlfriend, wife, or any other kind of romantic female partner. Dote – If someone calls you a ‘dote’ or if something is ‘dotey’, it means you’re cute, adorable, etc. If you’re described as ‘doting’ on someone, it means you’re smitten.

‘Bollocks’ as an Irish insult is usually used like this, “You’re some thick bollocks, Martin.

In Britain, “Paddy” was a catch-all name for Irish men. More common in Britain, where “Paddy” was used as a derogatory catch all name to describe anyone male and Irish. Irish women, particularly servants, were routinely called “Biddy.”

The term “Black Irish” has been in circulation among Irish emigrants and their descendants for centuries. The term is commonly used to describe people of Irish origin who have dark features, black hair, a dark complexion and dark eyes.

75 Irish Baby Names That Are Traditional and Unique

• 75 Irish Baby Names That Are Traditional and Unique.
• Siobhan (pronounced “shiv-awn”)
• Eamon (pronounced “aim-on”)
• Eire (pronounced “er-a”)
• Brendan.
• Aoife (pronounced “ee-fa”)
• Fionn (pronounced “fee-un” or “fee-on”)
• Fiona.

Mick is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Michael. Because of its popularity in Ireland, it is often used as a derogatory term for an Irish person or a person of Irish descent.

8. Strictly speaking, there is no difference between Mac and Mc. The contraction from Mac to Mc has occurred more in Ireland than in Scotland, with two out of three Mc surnames originating in Ireland, but two out of three Mac surnames originating in Scotland.

1 sometimes capitalized, often disparaging + offensive : irishman. 2 plural usually mickies : potato sense 2a(2) roast mickies in the gutter fires— Joseph Mitchell.

1854: No Irish Need Apply.