A good response is: "Nollaig Mhaith Chugat".
"Nollaig Shona Duit" means "Happy Christmas", while the response "Nollaig Mhaith Chugat" means "A good Christmas to you."
Please see the link for other Irish season's greetings.
Irish Gaelic: Merry Christmas to you (to one person)otherwise
Nollaig Shona daoibh.
Nollaig Shona- happy christmas Nollaig Shona duit- happy christmas to you
In Irish its 'nullig huna' (Written as Nollaig shona).
It sounds like a do-it-yourself translation from someone who doesn't speak Irish.
Ireland:Nollaig maith duit - Happy Christmas to you (singular)Nollaig maith agaibh - Happy Christmas to you (plural)Nollaig maith againn - Happy Christmas to us all--ANOTHER ANSWER--There is another wiki answer that seems to say that "Nollaig Mhaith chugat" is the response to "Nollaig Shona Dhuit".
Nollaig shona agus athbhliain faoi mhaise duit!
Irish GaelicNollaig shona duit (Happy Christmas to you)Beannachtaí na Nollag (Christmas Greetings)Beannachtaí an tSéasúir (Season's Greetings)Athbhliain faoi mhaise duit (Prosperous New Year)Bliain úr faoi shéan is faoi mhaise duit (Happy New Year to you)Scottish GaelicNollaig chridheil agus bliadhna mhath ur
In Irish Gaelic:Nollaig shona duit - to one person; Nollaig shona daoibh - to multiple personsIn Scottish Gaelic:Nollaig chridheil!Nollaig shona!
Most people in Ireland speak English so they would say Merry Christmas or commonly Happy Christmas. If they are using the Irish language, they will say "Nollaig shona duit" which is pronounced "Nullig huna dit".
Nollag shona (merry Christmas) pronounced; Nul-ag hun-aNollag shona duit (merry Christmas to you) duit pronounced; DitNollaig Shona Dhuit"Happy Christmas."
It's "Athbhliain shona duit" (happy new year to you)
Brenith = ?Nollaig = Christmasduit = to-youThe language is Irish Gaelic except for brenith.
Nollaig shona dhuit (nnullig hun-a ghitch) = Happy Christmas to you (one person)Nollaig shona dhaoibh (nnullig hun-a gheev) = Happy Christmas to you (plural)In IrishIf you were to say Happy Christmas to just one other person, you would say:Nollaig Shona DhuitHowever, if you were to be addressing the same greeting to two or more persons, you would say:Nollaig Shona DhaoibhThis literally means "You have a Happy Christmas."The most common response to this would be:Nollaig Mhaith ChugatLiterally-"A good Christmas to you."Just as in English, two expressions are often combined to say "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" as follows:Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Dhuit.Le gach dea-ghuí i gcomhair na Nollag agus na h-athbhliana! (With BestThe plural of this would be:Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Daoibh.For every greeting above, the common response is:Gomba hé duitMeaning: "The same to you."Merry Christmas = Nollaig ShonaWhen speaking to one person: "Nollaig shona duit."When speaking to more than one person: "Nollaig shona daoibh."