Free Irish and St. Patrick's Day Printables, Lessons, Recipes, and More

by Lyn Lomasi; Owner of Intent-sive Nature & Brand Shamans Content Community

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Celebrate the Irish heritage and history this St. Patrick's Day with your classroom students, homeschool students, or even family and friends. Below you will find plenty of free lesson plans, coloring pages, games & activities, crafts, limericks lyrics, history to research, and much more - all on Ireland and their wondrous St. Patty's Day celebration. There are enough free items on the list to keep adults and children alike busy for the whole day, probably longer. This article is designed around all ages. While all items included will be safe for all viewers, some may be too advanced for smaller children.

Free Research Pages On Ireland History

For an extensive history lesson on Ireland, visit Irelandseye.com. From important events in history, to Irish ghosts, to people, places, music, and more, find out all about Ireland. If you haven't yet learned about it, you can also learn about the Blarney Stone. There are even plenty of free Irish recipes listed here.

Free Research Pages On St. Patrick's Day History

For an interactive history lesson an the history of St. Patrick's Day, History.com has you covered. Enjoy their free interactive tour of the holiday including videos, recipes, a quiz, and more. This lesson is more suited to older children and adults. However, younger children might like to watch and listen.

Free St. Patrick's Day Coloring Pages

From leprechauns, to rainbows, to pots of gold and four-leaf clovers, find some free Irish coloring pages from Coloring.ws. Their St. Patrick's day collection is fun for all.

For more coloring fun, visit Disney Family, ColoringBookShop.com, and PrimaryGames.com.

Free Irish Limericks Lyrics

For 40 good, clean, fun limericks, as well as the definition and origin of the Irish limerick, visit Brownielocks.com.

If you or someone you know is a guitar player, azchords.com has a large collection of sheet music chords for Irish limericks.

Free St. Patrick's Day Crafts

Enchanted Learning has a variety of fun crafts for children to do on St. Patrick's Day. From a blarney stone, to a rainbow streamer, to a pot of gold, to a leprechaun marionette, and more, Enchanted Learning has wonderful craft ideas for the kids.

Free St. Patrick's Day Games & Activities

Children are active by nature. So, don't forget to get them into some active and hands-on fun on St. Patrick's Day. These could be fun for the adults as well. Some of these games and activities will need to be made ahead of time. Some will be printable activities or paper activities. Others may require no materials or a simple prop.

Pot Of Gold Game
Printable St. Patrick's Day Bingo Game
Printable St. Patrick's Day Bookmarks
Leprechaun Relay Race
St. Patty's Day Treasure Hunt
St. Patrick's Day Anagram Worksheets
St. Patrick's Day Printable Dominoes Game

Free St. Patrick's Day Recipes

Clover Cookie Pops
23 Dye-Free St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
50 Favorite Irish Dishes
Traditional Irish Recipes
Gluten-Free St. Patrick’s Day Recipes