Breithlá Sona Duit! | ![]() |
Happy Birthday to You! |
There are two equally good ways to say “Happy Birthday!” in Irish:
Two ways to say “May you live to be 100!”
Other useful expressions:
The Happy Birthday Song in Irish
Here it's sung to Séamas. Just replace “a Shéamais” with your friend's name and belt it out, preferably in a public place. “Go raibh tú sona inniu” (guh REHV too SO-nuh in-YOO) literally means “May you be happy today”.
Go raibh tú sona inniu,
Go raibh tú sona inniu,
Go raibh tú sona, a Shéamais,
Go raibh tú sona inniu!
And some proverbs:
Fiche bliain ag fás. Fiche bliain faoi bhláth. Fiche bliain ag cromadh. Fiche bliain gur cuma ann nó as. |
Twenty years growing. Twenty years in bloom. Twenty years declining. Twenty years when it doesn't matter whether you're there or not. |
Tá onóir ag an aois agus uaisle ag an óige. | Age has honour and youth has nobility. |