<div id="ooyalaplayer" style="width: 800px; height: 450px;"></div><div style="display:none;" id="kalturavideoplaceholder">kalturavideoplaceholder</div><p>We were inside Trump headquarters at the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel when Donald Trump took the stage around 3 a.m. after the announcement that the Republican nominee had officially defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. This is the entire speech, captured from the floor of the Hilton ballroom.</p><h3 dir="ltr"><span>Here are Donald Trump's full remarks:</span></h3><p dir="ltr"><span>Thank you very much. Sorry to keep you waiting. Complicated business, complicated.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Thank you very much. I've just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She congratulated us - it's about us - on our victory, and I congratulated her and her family on a very, very hard-fought campaign.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>I mean she fought very hard.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Hillary has worked very long and very hard over a long period of time, and we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>I mean that very sincerely.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Now it's time for America to bind the wounds of decision. We have to get together.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>To all Republicans and Democrats and independents across this nation, I say it's time for us to come together as one united people.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Its time. I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all Americans, and this is so important to me. For those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of which there were a few people, I'm reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so that we can work together and unify our great country.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>As I've said from the beginning, ours was not a campaign but rather an incredible and great movement, made up of millions of hard-working men and women who love their country and want a better, brighter future for themselves and for their family. It's a movement comprised of Americans from all races, religions, backgrounds and beliefs, who want and expect our government to serve the president and serve the president it will.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Working together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American dream.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>I've spent my entire life in business looking at the untapped potential in projects and in people all over the world. That is now what I want to do for our country. Tremendous potential.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>I've gotten to know our country so well. Tremendous potential.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>It's going to be a beautiful thing. Every single American will have the opportunity to realize his or her fullest potential. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>We are going to fix our inner cities and rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals. We are going to rebuild our infrastructure, which will become, by the way, second to none. We will put millions of our people to work as we rebuild it. We will also finally take care of our great veterans.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Who have been so loyal and I've gotten to know so many over this 18-month journey.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>The time I've spent with them during this campaign has been among my greatest honors.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Our veterans are incredible people. We will embark upon a project of national growth and renewal.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>I will harness in the creative talents of our people, and we will call upon the best and brightest to leverage their tremendous talent for the benefit of all. It's going to happen.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>We have a great economic plan. We will double our growth and have the strongest economy anywhere in the world. At the same time, we will get along with all other nations, willing to get along with us. We will have great relationships.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>We expect to have great relationships.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>No dream is too big.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>No challenge is too great.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach. America will no longer settle for anything less than the best.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>We must reclaim our country's destiny and dream big and bold and daring.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>We have to do that.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>We're going to dream of things for our country and beautiful things and successful things once again.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>I want to tell the world community that while we will always put America's interest first, we will deal fairly with everyone, with everyone. All people and all other nations. We will seek common ground, not hostility. Partnership, not conflict.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>And now I'd like to take this moment to thank some of the people who really helped me with this, what they are calling tonight very, very historic victory. First I want to thank my parents, who I know are looking down on me right now great people. I've learned so much from them.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>They were wonderful in every regard. I had truly great parents.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>I also want to thank my sisters, Maryanne and Elizabeth, who are here with us tonight. And - where are they?</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>They are here some place.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>They are very shy actually. And my brother Robert, my great friend. Where's Robert?</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Where's Robert? My brother Robert. And they should all be on this stage but that's okay.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>They are great. And also my late brother Fred, great guy, fantastic guy. Fantastic family.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>I was very lucky. Great brothers, sisters, great unbelievable parents.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>To Melanie and Don and Ivanka and Eric, and Tiffany and Barron, I love you and I thank you and especially for putting up with all of those hours. This was tough. This was tough. This political stuff is nasty and it's tough.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>So, I want to thank my family very much. Really fantastic. Thank you all. Thank you all.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>And Lara, unbelievable job.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Vanessa, thank you. Thank you very much.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>What a great group. You have all given me such incredible support and I will tell you that we have a large group of people. You know, they kept saying we have a small staff.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Not so small. Look at all this of the people we have. Look at all of these people and Kellyanne and Chris and Rudy and Steve and David, we have got - we have got tremendously talented people up here.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>I want to tell you, it's been very, very special. I want to give a very special thanks to our former mayor Rudy Giuliani. Unbelievable. Unbelievable.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>He traveled with us and he went through meetings. Rudy never changing. Where's Rudy? Rudy.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Gov. Chris Christie, folks was unbelievable. Thank you, Chris.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>The first man, for senator, first major politician. Let me tell you he is highly respected in Washington because he's as smart as you get, Sen.Jeff Sessions. Where's Jeff? Great man.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Another great man, very tough competitor. He was not easy. He was not easy. Who's that is that this mayor that showed up?</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Is that Rudy? Rudy got up here. Another great man who has been really a friend to me, but I'll tell you, I got to know him as a competitor because he was one of the folks that was negotiating to go against those Democrats.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Dr.Ben Carson. Where's Ben? Where's Ben?</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>By the way, Mike Huckabee is here someplace and he's fantastic.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Mike and his family, Sarah, thank you very much.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>General Mike Flynn, where's Mike? And general, we have over 200 generals and admirals who have endorsed our campaign and they are special people and it's really an honor. We have 22 Congressional Medal of Honor recipients.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>We have tremendous people.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>A very special person who believed me - I'd read reports</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>I wasn't getting along with him. I never had a bad second with him. He's an unbelievable star.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>He's, that's right. How did you possibly guess? Let me tell you about Reince.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>I said Reince and I know-I know. Look at all of those people over there. I know Reince is a superstar, but I said they can't call you a superstar, Reince, unless we win. Because you can't be called a superstar like Secretariat. If Secretariat came in second she would not have the bronze bust at Belmont but Reince is really a star and he's the hardest working guy. In a certain way I did this - Reince, come up here.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Where's Reince, get over here, Reince.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy. It's about time you did this, Reince. My guy. Say a few words. Come here, say something.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Reince Priebus: Ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the United States, Donald Trump. Thank you. It's been an honor. God bless. Thank God.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Trump: You bet. Amazing guy. Our partnership with the RNC was so important to the success and what we have done. So, I also have to say I've gotten to know some incredible people, the Secret Service people.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>They are tough, and they are smart and they are sharp and I don't want to mess around with them, I can tell ya. And when I want to go and wave to a big group of people and they rip me down and put me back down in the seat, but they are fantastic people. So, I want to thank the Secret Service.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>And law enforcement in New York City, they are here tonight. These are spectacular people.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Sometimes underappreciated, unfortunately, but we appreciate them. We know what they go through.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>So, it's been what they call a historic event, but to be really historic we have to do a great job.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>I promise you that I will not let you down. We will do a great job. We will do a great job.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>I look very much forward to being your president. Hopefully at the end of two years or three years or four years or maybe even eight years, you will say so many of you worked so hard for us, but you will say that - you will say that that was something that you were really were proud to do.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>I can - thank you very much. I can only say that while the campaign is over, our work on this movement is now really just beginning. We're going to get to work immediately for the American people. And were going to be doing a job that hopefully you will be so proud of your president.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>You will be so proud. Again, it's my honor.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>It was an amazing evening. It's been an amazing two-year period, and I love this country.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Thank you. Thank you very much.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Thank you to Mike Pence.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div><p dir="ltr"><span>Thank you, everybody.</span></p><div dir="ltr"></div>

Watch Donald Trump's full victory speech

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/582330eb691e88284e8b4e24-2400/gettyimages-621870052.jpg" alt="donald trump acceptance speech melania barron election night" data-mce-source="Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Republican president-elect Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech as his son Barron Trump and wife Melania Trump looks on during his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown in the early morning hours of November 9, 2016 in New York City. Donald Trump defeated Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States." data-link="http://www.gettyimages.com/license/621870052"><p class="source"><span><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/license/621870052">Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images</a></span></p><p class="caption">Republican president-elect Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech as his son Barron Trump and wife Melania Trump looks on.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div><p>Stunning much of the world, the American people elected Republican Donald Trump their 45th president-elect early Wednesday morning.</p><p>After receiving a concession call from his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, Trump took the stage at the Midtown Hilton in New York City to address his supporters - and the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-popular-vote-trump-2016-11">roughly half of Americans</a> who didn't vote for him - in a victory speech that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-victory-speech-transcript-2016-11">struck a conciliatory tone</a>.</p><p>Here is the full transcript of what he said, followed by the full video.</p><p><strong>TRUMP:</strong> Thank you. Thank you very much, everyone.</p><p>Sorry to keep you waiting; complicated business; complicated.</p><p>Thank you very much.</p><p>I've just received a call from Secretary Clinton.</p><p>She congratulated us - it's about us - on our victory, and I congratulated her and her family on a very, very hard-fought campaign. I mean, she - she fought very hard.</p><p>Hillary has worked very long and very hard over a long period of time, and we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country.</p><p>I mean that very sincerely.</p><p>Now it's time for America to bind the wounds of division; have to get together. To all Republicans and Democrats and independents across this nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people.</p><p>It's time. I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all Americans, and this is so important to me.</p><p>For those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of which there were a few people.</p><p>I'm reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so that we can work together and unify our great country.</p><p>As I've said from the beginning, ours was not a campaign, but rather an incredible and great movement made up of millions of hard-working men and women who love their country and want a better, brighter future for themselves and for their families.</p><p>It's a movement comprised of Americans from all races, religions, backgrounds and beliefs who want and expect our government to serve the people, and serve the people it will.</p><p>Working together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American dream. I've spent my entire life and business looking at the untapped potential in projects and in people all over the world. That is now what I want to do for our country.</p><p>Tremendous potential. I've gotten to know our country so well - tremendous potential. It's going to be a beautiful thing. Every single American will have the opportunity to realize his or her fullest potential. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.</p><p>We are going to fix our inner cities and rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals. We're going to rebuild our infrastructure, which will become, by the way, second to none. And we will put millions of our people to work as we rebuild it.</p><p>We will also finally take care of our great veterans.</p><p>They've been so loyal, and I've gotten to know so many over this 18-month journey. The time I've spent with them during this campaign has been among my greatest honors. Our veterans are incredible people. We will embark upon a project of national growth and renewal. I will harness the creative talents of our people and we will call upon the best and brightest to leverage their tremendous talent for the benefit of all. It's going to happen.</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5823305046e27a28008b5a19-2400/gettyimages-621870772.jpg" alt="donald trump acceptance speech election night" data-mce-source="Mark Wilson/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Republican president-elect Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech during his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown in the early morning hours of November 9, 2016 in New York City. Donald Trump defeated Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States." data-link="http://www.gettyimages.com/license/621870772"><p class="source"><span><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/license/621870772">Mark Wilson/Getty Images</a></span></p><p class="caption">Republican president-elect Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div>We have a great economic plan. We will double our growth and have the strongest economy anywhere in the world. At the same time, we will get along with all other nations willing to get along with us. We will be.<p>We'll have great relationships. We expect to have great, great relationships. No dream is too big, no challenge is too great.</p><p>Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach.</p><p>America will no longer settle for anything less than the best.</p><p>We must reclaim our country's destiny and dream big and bold and daring. We have to do that. We're going to dream of things for our country and beautiful things and successful things once again.</p><p>I want to tell the world community that while we will always put America's interests first, we will deal fairly with everyone, with everyone - all people and all other nations. We will seek common ground, not hostility; partnership, not conflict.</p><p>And now I'd like to take this moment to thank some of the people who really helped me with this, what they are calling tonight, very, very historic victory.</p><p>First, I want to thank my parents, who I know are looking down on me right now.</p><p>Great people. I've learned so much from them. They were wonderful in every regard. I had truly great parents.</p><p>I also want to thank my sisters, Maryanne and Elizabeth, who are here with us tonight. And, where are they? They're here someplace. They're very shy, actually. And my brother Robert - my great friend. Where is Robert? Where is Robert?</p><p>My brother Robert. And they should all be on this stage, but that's OK. They're great. And also my late brother, Fred. Great guy. Fantastic guy.</p><p>Fantastic family. I was very lucky. Great brothers, sisters; great, unbelievable parents.</p><p>To Melania and Don ... and Ivanka ... and Eric and Tiffany and Baron, I love you and I thank you, and especially for putting up with all of those hours. This was tough.</p><p>This was tough. This political stuff is nasty and it's tough. So I want to thank my family very much. Really fantastic. Thank you all. Thank you all.</p><p>And Lara, unbelievable job, unbelievable.</p><p>Vanessa, thank you. Thank you very much.</p><p>What a great group. You've all given me such incredible support, and I will tell you that we have a large group of people. You know, they kept saying we have a small staff. Not so small. Look at all the people that we have. Look at all of these people.</p><p>And Kellyanne and Chris and Rudy and Steve and David. We have got - we have got tremendously talented people up here. And I want to tell you, it's been - it's been very, very special. I want to give a very special thanks to our former mayor, Rudy Giuliani.</p><p>Unbelievable. Unbelievable. He traveled with us and he went through meetings. That Rudy never changes. Where's Rudy? Where is he? Rudy.</p><p>Governor Chris Christie, folks, was unbelievable.</p><p>Thank you, Chris.</p><p>The first man, first senator, first major, major politician, and let me tell you, he is highly respected in Washington because he's as smart as you get: Senator Jeff Sessions. Where is Jeff?</p><p>Great man.</p><p>Another great man, very tough competitor. He was not easy. He was not easy. Who is that? Is that the mayor that showed up?</p><p>Is that Rudy? Oh, Rudy got up here.</p><p>Another great man who has been really a friend to me. But I'll tell you, I got to know him as a competitor because he was one of the folks that was negotiating to go against those Democrats: Dr. Ben Carson. Where is Ben?</p><p>Where is Ben?</p><p>And by the way, Mike Huckabee is here someplace, and he is fantastic. Mike and his family, Sarah - thank you very much.</p><p>General Mike Flynn. Where is Mike?</p><p>And General Kellogg. We have over 200 generals and admirals that have endorsed our campaign. And they're special people and it's really an honor. We have 22 congressional Medal of Honor recipients. We have just tremendous people.</p><p>A very special person who believed me and, you know, I'd read reports that I wasn't getting along with him. I never had a bad second with him. He's an unbelievable star. He is.</p><p>That's right. How did you possibly guess? So let me tell you about Reince, and I've said this. I said, Reince - and I know it, I know. Look at all those people over there. I know it. Reince is a superstar. But I said, "They can't call you a superstar, Reince, unless we win," because you can't be called a superstar - like Secretariat - if Secretariat came in second, Secretariat would not have that big, beautiful bronze bust at the track at Belmont.</p><p>But I'll tell you, Reince is really a star. And he is the hardest-working guy. And in a certain way, I did this - Reince, come up here. Where is Reince? Get over here, Reince.</p><p>Boy oh boy oh boy. It's about time you did this, Reince. My God.</p><p>Say a few words. No, come on, say something.</p><p><strong>RNC CHAIRMAN REINCE PRIEBUS:</strong> Ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the United States, Donald Trump.</p><p>Thank you. It's been an honor. God bless. Thank God.</p><p><strong>TRUMP:</strong> Amazing guy.</p><p>Our partnership with the RNC was so important to the success and what we've done.</p><p>So I also have to say I've gotten to know some incredible people - the Secret Service people.</p><p>They're tough and they're smart and they're sharp, and I don't want to mess around with them, I can tell you. And when I want to go and wave to a big group of people and they rip me down and put me back down on the seat. But they are fantastic people, so I want to thank the Secret Service.</p><p>And law enforcement in New York City. They're here tonight.</p><p>These are spectacular people, sometimes underappreciated unfortunately, but we appreciate them. We know what they go through.</p><p>So, it's been what they call a historic event, but to be really historic, we have to do a great job. And I promise you that I will not let you down. We will do a great job. We will do a great job.</p><p>I look very much forward to being your president, and hopefully at the end of two years or three years or four years, or maybe even eight years. ... you will say, so many of you worked so hard for us, but you will say that - you will say that that was something that you really were very proud to do and I can.</p><p>Thank you very much.</p><p>And I can only say that while the campaign is over, our work on this movement is now really just beginning.</p><p>We're going to get to work immediately for the American people. And we're going to be doing a job that hopefully you will be so proud of your president. You'll be so proud. Again, it's my honor. It was an amazing evening. It's been an amazing two-year period. And I love this country.</p><p>Thank you. Thank you very much.</p><p>Thank you to Mike Pence. Thank you.</p><h2>You can watch the full speech below:</h2><p><div><iframe width="800" height="450" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ESYEUWrW39I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-victory-speech-2016-11">We got this historic firsthand view of Trump's victory speech in front of thousands of raucous supporters</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="pkNzBoNzE6GDtTFjFNzWYYMt_4IYylst" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'pkNzBoNzE6GDtTFjFNzWYYMt_4IYylst',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

Here's President-elect Donald Trump's full victory speech

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/526e839aeab8eaeb7ee65a08-1200-924/irish-people-ireland-2.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="irish people, ireland" width="480" /><p class="source"><span>Alex Grimm/Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day.</p></div><p></p></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Each year on March 17, the Irish and Irish-at-heart come out in droves to pubs and parade routes to celebrate the patron saint of Ireland.</span></p>
<p>In the U.S., St. Patrick's Day serves as a valid excuse to wear green and drink. <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">But there's enough rich Irish culture to last the whole year round.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">We scoured Celtic folklore, online forums, the Bible, and even our favorite Irish pub in New York City to find some beautiful and just plain weird sayings used on the Emerald Isle.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Some of the sayings are historic, out-of-use proverbs with original Irish Gaelic translations (today, as little as <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/european_languages/countries/ireland.shtml" target="_blank">30% of the population</a> in the Republic of Ireland speak Irish). </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Others are examples of modern slang said in English, the shared official language.</span></p>
<h2>Here are 15 Irish expressions to break out on St. Paddy's Day:</h2>
<h3>1. May the road rise up to meet you.</h3>
<p>You may recognize this popular blessing (in Irish Gaelic: <span><em>Go n-éirí an bóthar leat</em>)</span> from Catholic weddings or cross-stitched pillows in Nan's house. <a href="http://www.lords-prayer-words.com/famous_prayers/may_the_road_rise_up_to_meet_you.html#celtic" target="_blank">One of the main characteristics of Celtic Christianity</a> is the use of images of nature to show how God interacts with people. "May the road rise up to meet you/ May the wind be always at your back/ May the sun shine warm upon you face ..." uses everyday images to mean, may God remove obstacles in your journey through life.</p>
<h3>2. Sláinte!</h3>
<p>In an Irish pub, patrons toast each other <em>sláinte </em>(pronounced "slaan-sha") as they clink glasses of Guinness. Derived from the Old Irish adjective <em>slán </em>(which means "<a href="http://goireland.about.com/od/preparingyourtrip/tp/top10irishwords.htm" target="_blank">safe</a>"), <em>sláinte </em>literally translates as "health" and is used as a stand-in for the more time-consuming "I drink to your health!"</p>
<h3>3. What's the craic?</h3>
<p>Greetings like "Any craic?" and "How's the craic?" give rise to potential awkward misunderstandings for tourists, because craic is pronounced like "crack." The most straightforward definition is fun or enjoyment, and it can substitute for "How are you?" A typical response is "divil a bit," which means "not much."</p>
<h3>4. May the cat eat you, and may the devil eat the cat.</h3>
<p>Consider this insult a double whammy. By saying, "<em>Go n-ithe an cat thú is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat</em>," the speaker wishes that a cat gobble up his enemy like a can of Fancy Feast, and that the Devil eat them both. It's a surefire sentence to Hell.</p>
<p>Curses are far more detailed and nuanced in Irish culture, as compared to the traditional F-bombs dropped in the U.S. Here's another popular mouthful of an insult: "May you be afflicted with itching without the benefit of scratching." Burn.</p>
<h3><div class="KonaFilter image-container float_left" style="width:400px"><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5321176beab8ea4436fc4e67-900-675/ireland-dublin-hill-of-howth.jpg" border="0" alt="Ireland, Dublin, Hill of Howth " width="400" style="float: left;" /><p class="source"><span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/yourmoney">Business Insider / Jill Krasny</a></span></p><p class="caption">The Hill of Howth in Dublin.</p></div><p></p></div>5. Two people shorten the road.</h3>
<p><span>Company makes the journey fly, as evidenced by one anecdote from <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=BBDTOWaksHEC&amp;pg=PT251&amp;lpg=PT251&amp;dq=Son+of+The+Gobhaun+Saor&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=YzvClnyI3_&amp;sig=5d6yaV-B2PMHhgQ8q7j4e7OkTgw&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=XHQgU5O4E6_8yAHJw4D4BQ&amp;ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&amp;q=Gobhaun%20Saor%20shorten%20the%20road&amp;f=false" target="_blank">Celtic folklore</a>. In it, a father asks his son to "shorten their journey" to see the king, and refuses to continue on foot when the son doesn't know how. Frustrated, the son asks his wife what to do. "Every one knows that storytelling is the way to shorten a road," she says. They set out the next morning, and the son weaves a tale the whole way to White Strand. Lesson learned: <em>Giorraíonn beirt bóthar.</em></span></p>
<h3>6. Story horse?</h3>
<p>Move aside, Wishbone. "What's the story, horse?" - abbreviated as "story horse?" - is how you ask a buddy what's up. It's a less breezy greeting than its American counterpart, and invites the other person to really dive into what's been going on in life.</p>
<h3>7. On me tod.</h3>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">A lonely lad says, "I'm on me tod," if he's riding solo at the bars that night, or alone in general. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/10/22/reviews/001022.22brucknt.html" target="_blank">Tod Sloan</a><span> was an American jockey whose mother died when he was young, whose father abandoned him, and whose incredibly successful horse-racing career came to an end when he moved to the U.K. and was ridiculed for his Western riding style. Sloan was always said to be "on his own."</span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">This expression is one of the best-known examples of <a href="http://www.englishtown.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-cockney-rhyming-slang/" target="_blank">Cockney rhyming slang</a>, a phrase construction that involves taking a common word and using a rhyming phrase of two or three words to replace it. <span>"On my Tod Sloan" rhymes with "on my own"; but in typical Cockney fashion, the word that completes the rhyme</span><span> (</span><span>"</span><span>Sloan") </span><span>is omitted.</span></span></p>
<h3>8. Acting the maggot.</h3>
<p>Friend's messing around, being obnoxious? Acting the maggot. Phone taking forever to deliver an iMessage? Acting the maggot. Comparing someone or something to a wriggly little white worm means they're behaving like a fool.</p>
<h3>9. You son is your son today, but your daughter is your daughter forever.</h3>
<p>A man is only a son until he takes a wife. But as a daughter gets older, she will stay near the family, draining it of money and time for years to come. In <span>Irish Gaelic</span>, it's <em>Is é do mhac do mhac inniú, ach is í d'iníon d'iníon go deo</em>.</p>
<h3><div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/532117d96bb3f78751d1643e-608-456/ireland-baldwin-alec-baldwin-hilaria-baldwin-2.png" border="0" alt="Ireland Baldwin Alec Baldwin Hilaria Baldwin" width="480" style="float: right;" /><p class="source"><span>instagram.com/irelandbbaldwin</span></p><p class="caption">Ireland Baldwin, the daughter of Alec Baldwin, is said to be very close with stepmom Hilaria.</p></div><p></p></div>10. 'Tis only a stepmother would blame you.</h3>
<p>There's no need to be embarrassed or feel badly about committing a small offense, if the deed is so insignificant that only a jealous, belittling stepmother could find fault with you.</p>
<h3>11. We're sucking diesel now.</h3>
<p>When things are going exceptionally well and you've found success, not by luck but by your own merit, pat yourself on the back by saying, "I'm sucking diesel." Or, celebrate that your Oldsmobile Diesel started up for what could be the last time.</p>
<h3>12. S---- in a bucket.</h3>
<p>Behold the raunchiest Irish slang used in sports: the English curse word "s---" with an "e" tacked on the end. It's pretty self-explanatory. When the Republic of Ireland's footballer James McCarthy recently <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/mar/05/ireland-serbia-international-friendly-match-report" target="_blank">tackled the ball</a> into his own net, giving Serbia its first goal of the game, spectators at t<span>he Aviva Stadium in Dublin were certainly mumbling this under their breath.</span></p>
<h3>13. That one suffers from a double-dose of original sin.</h3>
<p>The Bible proposes that when Adam ate the forbidden fruit, he cast a state of sin on all of mankind. Today, if a child is particularly mischievous, he's said to have <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">been twice-cursed by Adam's slip-up.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The phrase became popular in the 1880s, when proponents of British rule over Ireland <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=IVA0AQAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA53&amp;lpg=PA53&amp;dq=april+13+1886+home+rule+bill&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=4XUrqbhx_b&amp;sig=OkOABToZGI2q-drFw409UjMMfxA&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=maUgU-uwN8bH0QH524HAAg&amp;ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=double%20dose&amp;f=false" target="_blank">attributed the Irishmen's depravity of character</a> (and the famine, some argued) to their second helping of original sin.</span></p>
<h3><div class="KonaFilter image-container float_left"><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/532119aceab8eab83afc4e68-723-542/son-of-god-hot-jesus.png" border="0" alt="son of god hot jesus" width="480" style="float: left;" /><p class="source"><span>Hearst Entertainment Productions</span></p><p class="caption">Diogo Morgado plays "Hot Jesus" in "Son of God," currently in theaters.</p></div><p></p></div>14. Christ on a bike!</h3>
<p>Considered blasphemous by some Christians, the odd turn of phrase is a way of saying, "I can't believe what I'm seeing." <span>First "</span><span></span><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/27/opinion/costello-jesus-movie/" target="_blank">#HotJesus</a><span>," now this. </span></p>
<h3>15. State o'you.</h3>
<p>A popular exclamation used in inner Dublin, "Look at the state o'you!" implies that a person's attire, personal hygiene, intoxication level, or general demeanor is worrisome. One might describe his drinking companion as being in a "bleedin' state" if he "gets pissed" or "wrecked" on lager at the pub.</p>
<p><em>Thanks to New York's <a href="http://www.thegaelpubnyc.com/main.html" target="_blank">The Gael Pub</a>'s Irish bartenders Ronan Carter, of County Sligo, and Rory Galligan, of County Cavan, for helping us research this story.</em></p>

15 Irish Sayings Everyone In America Should Embrace

<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55039d956da811d4748b4567-1089-816/barack-obama-michelle-guinness-irish-pub-1.jpg" border="0" alt="barack obama michelle guinness irish pub"><p class="source"><span><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barack_and_Michelle_Obama_in_Ollie_Hayes_Pub.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a></span></p><p class="caption">President Obama talks with pub-goers as First Lady Michelle Obama draws a pint of stout at the Ollie Hayes pub in Moneygall, Ireland, in spring 2011.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div>Each year on March 17, the Irish and Irish-at-heart come out in droves to pubs and parade routes to celebrate the patron saint of Ireland.</span></p><p>In the US, St. Patrick's Day serves as a valid excuse to wear green and drink. <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">But there's enough rich Irish culture to last the whole year round.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">We scoured Celtic folklore, online forums, the Bible, and even our favorite Irish pub in New York City to find some beautiful and just plain weird sayings used on the Emerald Isle.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Some of the sayings are historic, out-of-use proverbs with original Irish Gaelic translations (today, as little as <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/european_languages/countries/ireland.shtml" target="_blank">30% of the population</a> in the Republic of Ireland speak Irish). </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Others are examples of modern slang said in English, the shared official language.</span></p><h2>Here are 15 Irish expressions to break out on St. Paddy's Day:</h2><h3>1. May the road rise up to meet you.</h3><p>You may recognize this popular blessing (in Irish Gaelic: <span><em>Go n-éirí an bóthar leat</em>)</span> from Catholic weddings or cross-stitched pillows in Nan's house. <a href="http://www.lords-prayer-words.com/famous_prayers/may_the_road_rise_up_to_meet_you.html#celtic" target="_blank">One of the main characteristics of Celtic Christianity</a> is the use of images of nature to show how God interacts with people. "May the road rise up to meet you/ May the wind be always at your back/ May the sun shine warm upon you face ..." uses everyday images to mean, may God remove obstacles in your journey through life.</p><h3>2. Sláinte!</h3><p>In an Irish pub, patrons toast each other <em>sláinte </em>(pronounced "slaan-sha") as they clink glasses of Guinness. Derived from the Old Irish adjective <em>slán </em>(which means "<a href="http://goireland.about.com/od/preparingyourtrip/tp/top10irishwords.htm" target="_blank">safe</a>"), <em>sláinte </em>literally translates as "health" and is used as a stand-in for the more time-consuming "I drink to your health!"</p><h3>3. What's the craic?</h3><p>Greetings like "Any craic?" and "How's the craic?" give rise to potential awkward misunderstandings for tourists, because craic is pronounced like "crack." The most straightforward definition is fun or enjoyment, and it can substitute for "How are you?" A typical response is "divil a bit," which means "not much."</p><h3>4. May the cat eat you, and may the devil eat the cat.</h3><p>Consider this insult a double whammy. By saying, "<em>Go n-ithe an cat thú is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat</em>," the speaker wishes that a cat gobble up his enemy like a can of Fancy Feast, and that the Devil eat them both. It's a surefire sentence to Hell.</p><p>Curses are far more detailed and nuanced in Irish culture, as compared to the traditional F-bombs dropped in the U.S. Here's another popular mouthful of an insult: "May you be afflicted with itching without the benefit of scratching." Burn.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5502f3aeecad041b07a86ea2-1154-865/county-kerry-ireland-1.jpg" border="0" alt="county kerry ireland"><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/giuseppemilo/14257004940">Flickr / Giuseppe Milo</a></span></p><p class="caption">County Kerry, Ireland.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></p><h3>5. Two people shorten the road.</h3><p><span>Company makes the journey fly, as evidenced by one anecdote from <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=BBDTOWaksHEC&amp;pg=PT251&amp;lpg=PT251&amp;dq=Son+of+The+Gobhaun+Saor&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=YzvClnyI3_&amp;sig=5d6yaV-B2PMHhgQ8q7j4e7OkTgw&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=XHQgU5O4E6_8yAHJw4D4BQ&amp;ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&amp;q=Gobhaun%20Saor%20shorten%20the%20road&amp;f=false" target="_blank">Celtic folklore</a>. In it, a father asks his son to "shorten their journey" to see the king, and refuses to continue on foot when the son doesn't know how. Frustrated, the son asks his wife what to do. "Every one knows that storytelling is the way to shorten a road," she says. They set out the next morning, and the son weaves a tale the whole way to White Strand. Lesson learned: <em>Giorraíonn beirt bóthar.</em></span></p><h3>6. Story horse?</h3><p>Move aside, Wishbone. "What's the story, horse?" - abbreviated as "story horse?" - is how you ask a buddy what's up. It's a less breezy greeting than its American counterpart, and invites the other person to really dive into what's been going on in life.</p><h3>7. On me tod.</h3><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">A lonely lad says, "I'm on me tod," if he's riding solo at the bars that night, or alone in general. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/10/22/reviews/001022.22brucknt.html" target="_blank">Tod Sloan</a><span> was an American jockey whose mother died when he was young, whose father abandoned him, and whose incredibly successful horse-racing career came to an end when he moved to the U.K. and was ridiculed for his Western riding style. Sloan was always said to be "on his own."</span></span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">This expression is one of the best-known examples of <a href="http://www.englishtown.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-cockney-rhyming-slang/" target="_blank">Cockney rhyming slang</a>, a phrase construction that involves taking a common word and using a rhyming phrase of two or three words to replace it. <span>"On my Tod Sloan" rhymes with "on my own"; but in typical Cockney fashion, the word that completes the rhyme</span><span> (</span><span>"</span><span>Sloan") </span><span>is omitted.</span></span></p><h3>8. Acting the maggot.</h3><p>Friend's messing around, being obnoxious? Acting the maggot. Phone taking forever to deliver an iMessage? Acting the maggot. Comparing someone or something to a wriggly little white worm means they're behaving like a fool.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55039e75eab8ea8a1d8b4567-1060-795/celtic-irish-girl-woman-st-patricks-day-1.jpg" border="0" alt="celtic irish girl woman st. patrick's day"><p class="source"><span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/8676934889/sizes/h/">Flickr/garryknight</a></span></p><p class="caption">Irish girl.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></p><h3>9. You son is your son today, but your daughter is your daughter forever.</h3><p>A man is only a son until he takes a wife. But as a daughter gets older, she will stay near the family, draining it of money and time for years to come. In <span>Irish Gaelic</span>, it's <em>Is é do mhac do mhac inniú, ach is í d'iníon d'iníon go deo</em>.</p><h3>10. 'Tis only a stepmother would blame you.</h3><p>There's no need to be embarrassed or feel badly about committing a small offense, if the deed is so insignificant that only a jealous, belittling stepmother could find fault with you.</p><h3>11. We're sucking diesel now.</h3><p>When things are going exceptionally well and you've found success, not by luck but by your own merit, pat yourself on the back by saying, "I'm sucking diesel." Or, celebrate that your Oldsmobile Diesel started up for what could be the last time.</p><h3>12. S---- in a bucket.</h3><p>Behold the raunchiest Irish slang used in sports: the English curse word "s---" with an "e" tacked on the end. It's pretty self-explanatory. When the Republic of Ireland's footballer James McCarthy recently <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/mar/05/ireland-serbia-international-friendly-match-report" target="_blank">tackled the ball</a> into his own net, giving Serbia its first goal of the game, spectators at t<span>he Aviva Stadium in Dublin were certainly mumbling this under their breath.</span></p><h3>13. That one suffers from a double-dose of original sin.</h3><p>The Bible proposes that when Adam ate the forbidden fruit, he cast a state of sin on all of mankind. Today, if a child is particularly mischievous, he's said to have <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">been twice-cursed by Adam's slip-up.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The phrase became popular in the 1880s, when proponents of British rule over Ireland <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=IVA0AQAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA53&amp;lpg=PA53&amp;dq=april+13+1886+home+rule+bill&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=4XUrqbhx_b&amp;sig=OkOABToZGI2q-drFw409UjMMfxA&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=maUgU-uwN8bH0QH524HAAg&amp;ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=double%20dose&amp;f=false" target="_blank">attributed the Irishmen's depravity of character</a> (and the famine, some argued) to their second helping of original sin.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/52eff8dfeab8eac268235777-1024-768/buddy-christ-thumbs-up.jpg" border="0" alt="buddy christ thumbs up"><p class="source"><span>Dogma / Wikimedia, CC</span></p><p class="caption">Buddy Christ.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><h3>14. Christ on a bike!</h3><p>Considered blasphemous by some Christians, the odd turn of phrase is a way of saying, "I can't believe what I'm seeing." <span>First "</span><span></span><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/27/opinion/costello-jesus-movie/" target="_blank">#HotJesus</a><span>," now this. </span></p><h3>15. State o'you.</h3><p>A popular exclamation used in inner Dublin, "Look at the state o'you!" implies that a person's attire, personal hygiene, intoxication level, or general demeanor is worrisome. 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