Phrases in the Irish Language
Audio recordings spoken by a human being, not a computer generated voice.
Top Irish Language Translations
- Hello!
- I love you (literally "my heart is within you")
- A hundred thousand welcomes!
- Thank you.
- Good luck!
- Good morning.
- Cheers!
- Welcome!
- My friend
- Good afternoon/evening.
- mother
- Do I have permission to go out to the toilet? (This is often the first sentence schoolchildren learn in Irish!)
- sister
- father
- My name is Ciarán. What's YOUR name?
- What's your name?
- My brother
- How are you?
- Do you speak Irish? (literally "Is Irish at you?").
- Happy St. Patrick's Day! (singular)
- Goodbye.
- cat
- Enjoy your meal.
- river
- sun
- I am Irish.
- You're welcome.
- Shut up!
- black
- I love you (literally "you are my love")
- See you later.
- freedom
- May the devil make a ladder of your backbone while picking apples in the garden of Hell!
- I'm well, thank you. And yourself?
- Don't mention it. You're welcome.
- She is beautiful.
- aunt
- handsome/good looking
- This is Mary.
- Michael
- May the cat eat you, and may the devil eat the cat!
- Shut it! (a very rude way to say "shut up!")
- water
- My name is Síle.
- She is a beautiful woman.
- Galway
- white
- Thank God. (literally “thanks to God”)
- Take it easy.
- Get well soon! (literally "I hope that there will be improvement on you soon!")
- ghost
- My daughter
- A pint of Guinness, please.
- the girl
- Happy Christmas, and a Happy New Year.
- my house
- Kiss me, I'm Irish.
- my family
- beer
- One, two, three, four.
- potato
- Happy St. Patrick's Day! (to two or more people)
- my son
- Health and wealth!
- I'll see you tomorrow.
- horse
- bird
- Goodbye for now!
- fox
- blue
- You (plural)
- night
- dog
- I'm well, thank you
- Merry Christmas!
- Her sister is 28 (years of age).
- me
- snow
- red
- family
- my love/my beloved
- Ireland forever
- You idiot/fool! (used for males)
- dark
- Sit down, please!
- God save us!
- OK
- fish
- man
- I am twenty years old. (Literally, I am twenty years of age.)
- 40
- My best friend
- Oh... I'm sorry!
- cow
- whiskey
- small
- bread
- I'm fine, thank you
- lion
- rain
List of All Irish Language Phrases