Go n-éirí an bóthar leat Go raibh an ghaoth go brách ag do chúl Go lonraí an ghrian go te ar d'aghaidh Go dtite an bháisteach go mín ar do pháirceanna Agus go mbuailimid le chéile arís, Go gcoinní Dia i mbos A láimhe thú.
Written for English speakers and editorial rather than sourced. It will get you close enough to be understood, and it is not a substitute for a native speaker. Recorded audio is planned; see About.
When to use it The full reading for a wedding programme, an emigrant’s farewell, or a framed print.
About this saying
This is the blessing everyone means by "an Irish blessing": road, wind, sun, rain, and the palm of God’s hand. Its fame is real and its paper trail is mostly English. The verse spread through emigrant culture, hymnals and greeting cards in English, and the Irish text travels with it as its accepted rendering. The opening line’s story, a workaday idiom for succeeding read literally as a rising road, is told on Go n-éirí an bóthar leat and in our article on the blessing.
Provenance
Where this wording comes from. We publish nothing we cannot point at.
A widely used form. Earliest print attestation unclear; cited here to Bitesize Irish: bitesize.irish: the page tells you exactly what kind of shelf its source sits on.
- Published useBitesize Irish: bitesize.irishHow to say An Irish Blessing in Irish — Bitesize Irishprints the six-line Irish text of the blessing with line-by-line pronunciation