St Patrick’s Day 2019 quotes and poems
Ireland and many other other parts of the world will be coloured green today as we celebrate St Patrick’s Day.
The annual Irish holiday has become a big tradition even outside of Ireland as people drink Guinness, feast on traditional food and hold parades celebrating Irish culture.
Ireland has public holiday each year to commemorate the day, while celebrations are also held in the UK, US, Canada and Switzerland, as well as in Asian countries including Japan, South Korea and Malyasia.
It is one of the most common festival’s in the world after Irish immigration saw people take the tradition with them and it has come to represent Irish pride.
If you’re planning to post an inspirational Facebook status or Instagram post to celebrate St Patrick’s Day, then here are some quotes and poems about St Patrick’s Day to give you some ideas.
St Patrick’s Day quotes
St. Patrick’s Day is an enchanted time — a day to begin transforming winter’s dreams into summer’s magic. – Adrienne Cook
Every St. Patrick’s Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to. – Shane Leslie
The list of Irish saints is past counting; but in it all no other figure is so human, friendly, and lovable as St. Patrick. – Stephen Gwynn
May your troubles be less. And your blessings be more. And nothing but happiness come through your door. – Irish Blessing
St. Patrick’s Day is an enchanted time—a day to begin transforming winter’s dreams into summer’s magic. – Adrienne Cook
Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me. – Colin Farrell
May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light, may good luck pursue you each morning and night. – Irish Blessing
Anyone acquainted with Ireland knows that the morning of St. Patrick’s Day consists of the night of the seventeenth of March flavored strongly with the morning of the eighteenth. – Unknown
A good friend is like a four-leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have. – Irish Proverb
St Patrick’s Day poems
The shamrock on an older shore
Sprang from a rich and sacred soil
Where saint and hero lived of yore,
And where their sons in sorrow toil.
By Maurice Francis Egen
The Little Waves of Breffny
The grand road from the mountain goes shining to the sea,
And there is traffic in it and many a horse and cart,
But the little roads of Cloonagh are dearer far to me,
And the little roads of Cloonagh go rambling through my heart.
A great storm from the ocean goes shouting o’er the hill,
And there is glory in it and terror on the wind,
But the haunted air of twilight is very strange and still,
And the little winds of twilight are dearer to my mind.
The great waves of the Atlantic sweep storming on their way,
Shining green and silver with the hidden herring shoal,
But the Little Waves of Breffny have drenched my heart in spray,
And the Little Waves of Breffny go stumbling through my soul.
by Eva Gore-Booth
There’s a dear little plant that grows in our isle,
‘Twas St Patrick himself, sure, that set it;
And the sun on his labor with pleasure did smile,
And with dew from his eye often wet it.
It thrives through the bog, through the brake, and the mireland;
And he called it the dear little shamrock of Ireland…
By Andrew Cherry
May luck be our companion
May friends stand by our side
May history remind us all
Of Ireland’s faith and pride.
May God bless us with happiness
May love and faith abide.
By Irish Blessing
Farewell to the starlight in whiskey,
So long to the sunshine in beer.
The booze made me cocky and frisky
But worried the man in the mirror.
Goodnight to the moonlight in brandy,
Adieu to the warmth of the wine.
I think I can finally stand me
Without a glass or a stein.
Bye-bye to the balm in the vodka,
Ta-ta to the menthol in gin.
I’m trying to do what I ought to,
Rejecting that snake medicine.
I won’t miss the blackouts and vomit,
The accidents and regret.
If I can stay off the rotgut,
There might be a chance for me yet.
So so long to God in a bottle,
To the lies of rum and vermouth.
Let me slake my thirst with water
And the sweet, transparent truth.
By Barton Sutter
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