Irish poetry is beautiful and fun way to learn about Irish heritage with kids. So below is a traditional Irish poem along with some nontraditional fun poems for the kids to sing along with a free pritnable to go with it. Hope you all have a great St Patricks day. Be sure to scroll to the bottom for more fun ideas to do with your kids.
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee;
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
-W. B. Yeats
Treasure Hunt
St. Patrick’s Day is coming
And you might think it’s a joke.
But I’d like to get my hands on
One of the little folk.
For they say in good old Ireland
If a Leprechaun you hold.
You’ll go to the end of the rainbow
To his treasure pot of gold.
It may be a lot of blarney
For tis written in Irish folklore.
The Isle is home to the fairies
To be sure, to be sure, to be sure.
– Nancy Russell
Five Little Leprechauns
Five little leprechauns on St. Patrick’s Day
The first one said, ‘I’d like to play!’
The second one stood beside a rainbow.
The third one waved and said, ‘Hello!’
The fourth one said, ‘Good luck to the bold.’
The fifth one said, ‘Just don’t touch my gold!’
Plink, plink went the harp ‘ they all danced around,
Then five leprechauns ran off with a bound.
– Leanne Guenther
Five Little Shamrocks
One green shamrock, in the morning dew,’
Another one sprouted,
and then there were two.
Two green shamrocks, growing beneath a tree;’
Another one sprouted,
and then there were three.’
Three green shamrocks, by the cottage door;’
Another one sprouted,
and then there were four.
Four green shamrocks, near a beehive’
Another one sprouted,
and then there were five.
Five little shamrocks, bright and emerald green,’
Think of all the luck
these shamrocks will bring.
Free Printable Irish Poems Coloring Pages


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