St. Patrick's Day Bingo Card Generator
Print free St. Patrick's Day bingo cards from 42 entries such as Bagpipes, Soda bread and Green river. Each 5x5 card with a free center holds 24 of them, so every card in a set is different; with 30 players the first line usually comes after about 12 calls, roughly 2 minutes at 10 seconds a call.
| B | I | N | G | O |
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Kiss me, I'm Irish | Parade | Uilleann pipes | Sláinte | Leprechaun |
Irish language | Celtic knot | Harp | Boxty | Soda bread |
Irish flag | Corned beef | FREE | Pot of gold | Erin go bragh |
Cliffs of Moher | Shamrock | Irish step dance | Green milkshake | Colcannon |
Irish stew | Cabbage | Croagh Patrick | Dublin | Tin whistle |
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Edit words (42)
Cards update as you type. Long entries shrink to fit their square; a very long single word is split over two lines with a hyphen (up to 40 characters each). The PDF uses a built-in font: emoji and non-Latin scripts print best with Print cards.
Caller sheet
Every call in a shuffled order. Tick each one as you read it out; the same share link always gives the same order.
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About St. Patrick's Day bingo
A St. Patrick's Day card for March 17 that goes beyond leprechauns: Irish food such as colcannon, boxty and soda bread, music from the bodhrán, tin whistle and uilleann pipes, places like Dublin, the Cliffs of Moher and Croagh Patrick, and sayings such as Erin go bragh and Sláinte. It suits pub-style family evenings, senior centers and big community halls.
42 entries make up this St. Patrick's Day set. With 24 per card, any single one, Horseshoe for example, appears on about 57% of the cards, so in a room of 30 players around 17 of them have it.
A host reads out one entry at a time from the printed caller sheet (all 42 of them, shuffled); players daub the square if their card has it and call bingo on a full line.
All 42 St. Patrick's Day bingo words
Every entry from Aran sweater to Wear green, grouped by first letter. Edit them in the generator above: drop Soda bread if it does not suit your group, or add your own.
- A: Aran sweater
- B: Bagpipes, Blarney Stone, Bodhrán, Boxty
- C: Cabbage, Céilí dance, Celtic knot, Claddagh ring, Cliffs of Moher, Colcannon, Corned beef, Croagh Patrick
- D: Dublin
- E: Emerald Isle, Erin go bragh
- F: Fiddle, Four-leaf clover
- G: Green milkshake, Green river
- H: Harp, Horseshoe
- I: Irish flag, Irish language, Irish step dance, Irish stew
- K: Kiss me, I'm Irish
- L: Leprechaun
- M: March 17
- P: Parade, Patron saint, Pinch if no green, Pot of gold
- S: Saint Patrick, Shamrock, Shepherd's pie, Sláinte, Snake legend, Soda bread
- T: Tin whistle
- U: Uilleann pipes
- W: Wear green
St. Patrick's Day bingo at a glance
| Entries | 42 words and phrases |
|---|---|
| Card | 5x5 card with a free center: 24 of the 42 |
| How it is played | A caller reads the shuffled caller sheet |
| Different cards possible | about 2.19 × 10³⁵ (order matters) |
| Different selections | 353,697,121,050 sets of 24 entries |
| Shortest entry | Harp (4 characters) |
| Longest entry | Kiss me, I'm Irish (18 characters) |
| Multi-word entries | 29 of 42, such as Saint Patrick and Patron saint |
| Good for | Adults, family game nights, seniors and large groups |
| Occasion | St. Patrick's Day 2027 falls on Wednesday, March 17 |
| Category | Holidays & seasons (51 themes) |
When to play St. Patrick's Day bingo
St. Patrick's Day 2027 falls on Wednesday, March 17. It is a weekday, so a classroom round can happen on the day itself.
In 2028 it falls on Friday, March 17. Printing 30 cards at one card per page takes 30 sheets plus the caller sheet, so print a few days ahead and keep the share link (seed "st-patricks-day") to reprint the same set.
How long St. Patrick's Day bingo lasts
This list was simulated 150 times in random call orders on its first 60 cards. A room of 30 usually has a line by call 12, which is about 2 minutes at 10 seconds a call, and a full card by call 38 of 42.
| Players | First line | Line, 80% range | Blackout | Blackout, 80% range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 players | 15 calls | 10-19 | 39 calls | 38-41 |
| 30 players | 12 calls | 8-15 | 38 calls | 37-39 |
| 60 players | 11 calls | 7-14 | 38 calls | 36-39 |
| 1 card (exact average) | - | - | 41.3 calls | of 42 |
St. Patrick's Day bingo cards for 50, 100 or 200 players
A free set prints 30 unique cards, so a bigger room needs several sets (New shuffle makes the next one) or one Pro set of up to 1,000. The last two columns come from 150 shuffled games on cards 1-200 of this St. Patrick's Day set, at 10 seconds a call.
| Players | Free sets of 30 | One Pro set | First line | Shared first line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 players | 2 sets (60 cards, 10 spare) | 50 cards, 13 pages at 4 per page | call 11 (8-14), about 2 minutes | 21% of games |
| 100 players | 4 sets (120 cards, 20 spare) | 100 cards, 25 pages at 4 per page | call 9 (7-12), about 2 minutes | 16% of games |
| 200 players | 7 sets (210 cards, 10 spare) | 200 cards, 50 pages at 4 per page | call 9 (7-10), about 2 minutes | 19% of games |
Running St. Patrick's Day bingo in a big room
- Number the sets: print set 1, press New shuffle for set 2 and so on. 4 free sets cover 100 players and 7 cover 200; each set's share link reprints exactly the same cards.
- Plan for shared wins: with 200 cards in play, 19% of simulated games had two or more cards complete a line on the same call (21% with 50). Keep spare prizes or a quick tie-break ready.
- Expect short rounds: the first line comes around call 9 of 42 with 200 players, against call 12 with 30, so follow it with a blackout or a picture pattern.
- Count the paper: at one card per page, 200 players need 200 sheets plus a caller sheet; Pro's 2-up and 4-up layouts cut that to 100 or 50.
How to host St. Patrick's Day bingo
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Print the St. Patrick's Day cards
Give each player one card; a free set prints up to 30, no two alike. Card 1 above starts with Kiss me, I'm Irish, Parade, Uilleann pipes, Sláinte and Leprechaun.
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Print the caller sheet
All 42 entries appear on it in shuffled order, opening with Blarney Stone, Leprechaun, Irish step dance, Uilleann pipes and Emerald Isle; tick each one as you read it out.
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Play a short music clip for 'Bodhrán', 'Tin whistle' and 'Uilleann pipes' and let players guess the instrument before marking; seniors often enjoy naming them first.
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Serve one Irish dish per round and call its square, such as 'Colcannon' or 'Soda bread', when it comes out of the kitchen.
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Teach the phrases on the card: 'Sláinte' means health and is used as a toast, while 'Erin go bragh' is usually translated as Ireland forever.
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Call until someone shouts bingo
With 30 cards, expect the first line near call 12 (Kiss me, I'm Irish in this set's order) and a blackout near call 38; check the winner's squares against your ticked list.
St. Patrick's Day bingo variations
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St. Patrick's Day variation
Green round: players may only mark a square if they are wearing or holding something green when it is called; anyone caught without green must sing one line of a song before continuing.
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Blackout round
Card 1 needs all 24 squares, Kiss me, I'm Irish to Tin whistle; on average one card fills after 41.3 of the 42 calls (98% of the deck).
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Quick 4x4 round
A 4x4 card needs 16 of the 42 entries and no free space; one card is full after about 40.5 calls instead of 41.3.
First 15 calls of this St. Patrick's Day set
Seed "st-patricks-day" gives this order, the same one the caller sheet prints. With these calls, card 17 of the first 30 completes the diagonal from the top right (Tin whistle, Bagpipes, Sláinte and Boxty) on call 15, and card 12 is the first full card on call 40.
| Call | Entry | Cards marked (of 30) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blarney Stone | 15 of 30 |
| 2 | Leprechaun | 20 of 30 |
| 3 | Irish step dance | 15 of 30 |
| 4 | Uilleann pipes | 17 of 30 |
| 5 | Emerald Isle | 17 of 30 |
| 6 | Shamrock | 21 of 30 |
| 7 | Dublin | 16 of 30 |
| 8 | Horseshoe | 13 of 30 |
| 9 | Patron saint | 17 of 30 |
| 10 | Bagpipes | 16 of 30 |
| 11 | Tin whistle | 15 of 30 |
| 12 | Kiss me, I'm Irish | 11 of 30 |
| 13 | Sláinte | 19 of 30 |
| 14 | Céilí dance | 15 of 30 |
| 15 | Boxty | 21 of 30 |
Themes like St. Patrick's Day bingo
Ranked by category, occasion and audience; none of them repeats an entry from this list, so pasting two into the Edit words box gives a longer game.
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Frequently asked questions
How many words are on the St. Patrick's Day bingo list?
42, from Aran sweater to Wear green. A 5x5 card with a free center uses 24 of them, so each card leaves out 18. The shortest entry is Harp (4 characters) and the longest is Kiss me, I'm Irish (18).
Are all St. Patrick's Day bingo cards the same?
No. Card 1 and card 2 of this set share 16 of their 24 squares, and every card is checked so none of the 30 in a free set repeats. About 2.19 × 10³⁵ different arrangements are possible from the 42 entries (353,697,121,050 different selections of 24).
How many St. Patrick's Day bingo cards per person?
One card each is standard. In 150 simulated games of this list, 30 players on one card each got a first line after a median 12 calls; with two cards each (60 in play) it came after 11, and 10 single cards took 15. In a hall, extra cards per player only add checking: 200 cards in play already bring the first line to about call 9. For a bigger room, make a second set with New shuffle: two sets are not checked against each other, but with about 2.19 × 10³⁵ possible cards a repeat is vanishingly unlikely, and one caller sheet serves both because every set uses the same 42 entries.
How long does St. Patrick's Day bingo take?
A St. Patrick's Day game with 30 players usually reaches its first line after 12 calls (8-15 in 80% of simulated games), about 2 minutes at one call every 10 seconds. A blackout takes about 38; with 10 players the first line needs about 15.
Can I print St. Patrick's Day bingo cards for free?
Yes, up to 30 unique cards per set at no cost and without an account. Pick how many you need, then use Print cards or Download PDF: each card gets its own page with the title “St. Patrick's Day Bingo” on top, and the caller sheet lists all 42 entries in this set's shuffled order.
How do I make my own St. Patrick's Day bingo cards?
Open Edit words in the generator above: it already holds the 42 entries, one per line. Replace Green river with something from your own group, add inside jokes or names, and the sample card redraws at once. 5x5 cards need 24 entries or more.
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