Occasions
Flowers for every occasion
16 guides to what Irish people actually send, and when. Each one carries the prices florists here quote, the delivery cutoff that decides whether anything arrives in time, and at least one occasion where the better answer is to send something else.
Sympathy and funerals
Irish funerals move fast. These four cover where flowers go, what the card should say, and the times it is better to send nothing on the day.
- Sympathy flowers in IrelandWhere sympathy flowers go, what family flowers only means in a death notice, and why a bunch sent to the house a fortnight later often lands better.
- What to write in a sympathy cardEighteen sympathy card messages you can copy as they are, grouped by how well you knew the person, plus the Irish wording that still causes trouble.
- Irish funeral etiquette: who sends flowersWho sends a wreath and who sends a card at an Irish funeral, the timing around a removal, and what changes at a humanist or non-religious service.
- Funeral flower arrangements and what they costWreaths, sprays, sheafs, posy pads and letter tributes explained, with the price band each one sits in at an Irish florist and who orders which.
Dates that matter
Mother's Day moves every year, Valentine's Day does not, and Christmas has a cutoff earlier than most people plan for. Each date here is worked out rather than remembered.
- Mother's Day flowers in IrelandIrish Mother's Day moves every year because it tracks Lent. The rule, the next four dates, the ordering deadline, and what runs out first.
- When is Mother's Day 2027 in Ireland?Sunday 7 March 2027, the earliest Irish Mother's Day of the decade. The Lent working behind it, the order-by dates, and why Saturday is the delivery day.
- When is Mother's Day 2028 in Ireland?Sunday 26 March 2028, the same morning the clocks go forward. The Lent working, the St Patrick's weekend that eats a delivery day, and the order-by dates.
- Valentine's Day flowers in IrelandRed roses cost roughly double in the week of 14 February. Why the surge happens, what to send instead, and the order-by dates that beat it.
- Christmas flowers and wreaths in IrelandWhat an Irish door wreath costs, why poinsettias die on windowsills, and the delivery cutoffs that fall days earlier than people plan for.
Life moments
Births, birthdays, Communions, debs and weddings, with what Irish florists actually charge and where the money is worth spending.
- Birthday flowers in IrelandDelivered birthday bouquets mostly sit at 40 to 70 euro. Where the money goes, how to get them to someone who is out all day, and when to send a plant.
- Anniversary flowers, year by yearThe traditional flower for each anniversary year, which ones you can actually buy in Ireland in a given month, and when to ignore the list entirely.
- New baby flowers: what to send, and whereMost Irish maternity wards will not take flowers, and mother and baby are often home in a day. Send to the house instead, and time it for week two.
- Get well flowers and the hospital rulesMany Irish wards refuse flowers outright and intensive care always does. How to check, which flowers to avoid for scent, and what to send instead.
- First Holy Communion flowersWhat Irish families actually buy for a Communion: a posy or a hair flower, table arrangements for the party, and the bit that is worth skipping.
- Debs corsages and buttonholesIrish florists charge 25 to 55 euro for a debs corsage. Wrist against pinned, how to match a dress without a swatch, and when to order in September.
- What wedding flowers cost in IrelandReal Irish quotes item by item: 150 to 350 for the bridal bouquet, 60 to 150 a centrepiece, and the four cuts that save money nobody notices.
Before you order
The cutoff decides more than the price does. A bouquet ordered at noon and a bouquet ordered at four can be the same flowers on different days, and the difference between counties is wider than the difference between services. Every published fee and cutoff we hold is compared, with the date each one was read, onflower delivery in Ireland compared.