St Patrick’s Day celebrates Ireland’s most prominent patron saint and falls on March 17th each year.
St. Patrick, believed to have died around the year 475, is credited with helping Ireland transform from a pagan nation to a Christian one.
St Patrick’s Day has of course become synonymous with Ireland, but St Patrick’s Day is also celebrated around the world.
Those honoring the day often wear green clothing or accessories, and there are often parades, festive cuisine, music, dancing, and drinking as well.
Others are keeping an eye on the day online by posting fun St. Patrick’s Day-themed pictures and videos to their social media pages.
On the occasion of the year 2023 news week has compiled a collection of St. Patrick’s Day memes, images and quotes to share with family and friends.
Streaming site Disney+ got into the spirit of things by posting a hilarious meme of the character of She-Hulk, played by Tatiana Maslany, which turns green as soon as the clock strikes midnight on St. Patrick’s Day.
“#StPatricksDay vibes,” the account captioned the post alongside a green love heart emoji.
Last year, comedian Paddy Raff from Belfast, Ireland, posted a meme Referencing the Chicago River, which is dyed green each year to begin the city’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations.
“Fish are waking up in the Chicago River on St. Patrick’s Day,” he posted alongside a picture of Scottish comedian Limmy squinting in bed, with a green tinge in the photo.
“Happy St. Patrick’s Day from me and my absolute favorite piece of deranged pop culture.” posted writer RóisÃn Lanigan next to a screenshot from an episode of Sex and the City.
The screenshot shows Carrie Bradshaw, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, walking outside with the quote “Maybe the fight between married and single people is like the war in Northern Ireland” written above it.
Let’s stick to the TV topic, another Twitter user posted: “happy st patrick’s day to this scene only”, along with a clip from it’s always sunny in Philadelphia.
In the scene, Charlie, played by Charlie Day, and Mac, played by Rob McElhenney, discuss their interesting preparations for St. Patrick’s Day.
A reality TV fan celebrated St. Patrick’s Day by post a still image from a series of The real housewives of Orange County.
“Happy St. Patrick’s Day to them,” they wrote alongside a picture of Bravo stars Vicki Gunvalson, Shannon Beador and Tamra Judge captured from the infamous cast trip to Dublin, Ireland in 2016.
Another funny meme saw a Twitter user writes: “Everyone: We love St. Patrick’s Day!”
The response was then: “Snakes,” followed by a famous image used in memes by Pakistani cricket fan Muhammad Sarim Akhtar, who appeared unimpressed during a 2019 cricket match.
The tweet references the Irish legend that St. Patrick banished all snakes from Ireland.
“happy st patrick’s day colin farrell” wrote another St. Patrick’s Day reveler in the caption for a video celebrating the Irish actor.
Another Twitter user taken lightly the non-Irish habit of exaggerating their Irish heritage.
“You’re not Irish… stop it,” they captioned an animated image that read, “Happy St. Paddy’s Day,” and carried a caption at the bottom that read, “The official ‘everybody lies about being Irish’. Day.”
If you’re looking for something more traditional to share with loved ones on St Patrick’s Day, below are some blessings, sayings and quotes to celebrate the spirit of St Patrick’s Day and the famous ‘Luck of the Irish’.
There are a few different ways to say Happy St. Patrick’s Day in Irish Gaelic, so news week contacted some experts to get their opinions.
According to Malachy Ó Néill, Professor of Irish at Ulster University, Northern Ireland, the basic way of communicating “a happy St Patrick’s Day” is to use the word “beannachtái” (blessing or greetings) next to “féile” (feast) to use or festival) and “Pádraig” (Saint Patrick).
