Whether you met through friends or Tinder, at the bar or Bumble, or, well… probably through an app, who are we kidding — it’s the most romantic time of year (unless you believe it’s a hallmark holiday, to each their own!).
While you might be looking for something that’s also Irish, a humorous card is usually the way to go — with a card company in Derry sharing their hilarious cards ahead of this romance season.
Derry Nice Things, operating out of Derry, showed off their cards ahead of Valentine’s Day to social media, with some of them being admittedly quite nice and romantic — namely a Claddagh design with ‘grá mór, mo Vailintín’ as Gaeilge.
While a lot of the cards reference Derry mainly, there are some from outside the county too — with Mick McCarthy and Kneecap being the main references in the cards.
While some may think that Roy Keane’s ‘Happy Valentine’s Day? Do me a favour’ card would be the piece de resistance, we have found that perhaps their best one is, naturally, Enoch Burke.
The card, which shows the former teacher with a bunch of roses, with the poem: ‘roses are red, I’m here to stay, you’ll never get rid of me, Happy Valentine’s Day.’
The cards were a hit online, with one commenting: ‘You’ve got some talent, brilliant.’
‘These are class,’ another wrote, while the company also have ones for the love in your life that may add six letters to the name ‘Derry.’
While the usual suspects are on the Derry Nice Things cards, one card seller took their subject of their Valentine’s cards to strange new places — opting to have Marty Whelan on their cards, with the man himself sharing them on social media.