Céad míle fáilte

A hundred thousand welcomes · Kayd mee-leh fawl-cheh

Céad míle fáilte means A hundred thousand welcomes, and is said Kayd mee-leh fawl-cheh.

Word for word

Taken literally it reads A hundred thousand welcomes. Irish often puts a sentence together differently from English, so the literal reading rarely matches the meaning.

How to say it

Say it Kayd mee-leh fawl-cheh, written the way an English speaker would read it.

When you’d say it

Ireland does not do things by halves. The phrase is old, and it is still what goes on the banner over a homecoming.

More like this

• Dia duit: Hello
• Dia is Muire duit: Hello (in reply)
• Conas atá tú?: How are you?
• Tá mé go maith: I am well
• Go raibh maith agat: Thank you
• Le do thoil: Please

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