Irish Sayings & Blessings

Another week, another top Irish poem. This week, it is another Seamus Heaney poem. It comes in at number 60 in the top 100 Irish poems list. In fact, Seamus …

My mother often passed down many Irish life hacks to me. So I was curious what other people’s Irish life hacks would be. I posted this post on Facebook and …

The Celtic tree of life(in Irish Crann Bethadh) plays an intricate part in Irish heritage and is among one of the most popular Celtic symbols. The Celtic tree of life and its …

Irish sayings are short pieces of folk wisdom, blessings and toasts passed down for centuries. The most famous is “May the road rise up to meet you”. Below are 125 …

Sláinte is how you say cheers in Irish. Here’s how to pronounce it in Munster, Connacht and Ulster, what it means, what to say back, the Scottish slàinte mhath, Irish pub toasting etiquette and eight more toasts in Irish with plain pronunciations.

Well, this week from my list of top 100 Irish poems I picked number 23 titled “The Great Hunger”. Keep in mind I know very little about Irish poetry and …

A Celtic knot is a continuous, interlaced pattern with no beginning or end. That endless line is why it stands for eternity: eternal love, loyalty, faith, or the cycle of …

A chronological guide to the greatest Irish poets, from the bardic schools and the great Irish-language poets to Yeats, Heaney and today’s best, with dates, why each matters and the poems to start with.

What the triquetra (trinity knot) really is, where it turns up from the Book of Kells to Viking runestones, and which of its meanings are old and which are modern.

The hidden symbols at a glance The Celtic cross at Killea, Co. Donegal: about 100 metres long, planted by forester Liam Emery and first spotted by pilots and passengers flying …

I always like quick summaries of things and Irish history or any topic on history for that matter. I just enjoy learning about it in summarized points.  John D. Ruddy …

The leprechaun is a solitary fairy shoemaker from Irish folklore, with a crock of gold he will not give up. Here is where he comes from, what the old sources say, why he once wore red, and which popular leprechaun facts are myths.

Quick answer “The luck of the Irish” is an American phrase, not an Irish one. It most likely comes from the 19th-century gold and silver rushes, when several of the …

The Green Man is a leafy carved face found in medieval churches across Europe. The name dates from 1939 and the Celtic god story doesn’t hold up. Here’s what the faces are, what they may have meant, where to see them, and Ireland’s few examples.

88 ready-to-copy St Patrick’s Day messages, wishes and captions from a Cork man, sorted by who you’re sending them to, with the Irish greetings and how to say them.