Traditional Irish Wedding Blessings, Toasts, Readings and Vows for 2023

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– Sláinte chuig na fir, agus go mairfidh na mná go deo. [pronunciation: slawn-cha kwig nah fur, og-us guh mar-fig nah mnaw guh joe] (Health to the men and may the women live forever!) – Mo sheacht mbeannacht ort! [pronunciation: Muh shocked bannocked urt!] (My seven blessings on you!) – Go maire tú! [pronunciation: Guh morra too!] (May you live long!)

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– Go dté tú an céad! [pronunciation: Guh day too un cay-ad!] (May you live to be 100!) – Beannacht Dé leat! [pronunciation: Bannocked day lat!] (God’s blessing on you) – Go n-éirí an bóthar leat! [pronunciation: Guh nye-ree un bow-her lat!] (May your journey be successful)

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– Tha mise (spouse’s name) a-nis ‘gad ghabhail-sa (spouse’s name) gu bhith ‘nam chéile phòsda. [pronunciation: Tha misha [spouse’s name] a-nish gad gowell-suh [spouse’s name] guh vih num kayla pohs-dah. (I, [spouse’s name] now take you [spouse’s name] to be my husband/wife.) – Ann am fianais Dhé ‘s na tha seo de fhianaisean tha mise a’ gealltainn a bhith ‘nam fhear pòsda/bean chéile dìleas gràdhach agus tairis dhuitsa, cho fad’s a bhios an dìthis againn 

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beò. [pronunciation: Ow-ann ow-am fee-un-ish day snah tha shuh deh fiann-ashion tha misha a-gyall-tin a vih num far pohs-dah/ban kayla deel-us grawd-hock og-us tar-ish goo-it-suh, ko fad’s a vee-us un dee-hish ag-win bee-oh.] (In the presence of God and before these witnesses, I promise to be a loving, faithful and loyal husband/wife to you, for as long as we both shall live.)

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– May God be with you and bless you, may you see your children's children... – May the wind be always at your back, may the warm rays of sun fall upon your home... – May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home... – May your mornings bring joy and your evenings bring peace... – Love, life and happiness, may your troubles be few and your blessings many...

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– May your troubles be less, and your blessings be more... – May you feel no rain, for each of you will be a shelter to the other... – May the meaning of this hour be fulfilled through the days and years to come... – Merry met, and merry part, I drink to thee with all my heart...

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Scaffolding by Seamus Heaney – He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven by W. B. Yeats – A Poet to his Beloved by W.B. Yeats – Her Praise by W.B Yeats – The Indian to His Love by W.B. Yeats – Lines Written for a Thirtieth Wedding Anniversary by Eavan Boland – Oh, Call it By Some Better Name by Thomas Moore – We Are Made One with What We Touch and See by Oscar Wilde – Her Voice by Oscar Wilde

Ceremony Readings by Famous Irish Poets

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– Céad míle fáilte romhat (Welcome, everyone!) – Sláinte! (Cheers!) – Grá mo chroí (Love of my heart) – Tri na haoiseanna, thar am, mo ghrá (Throughout the ages, beyond time, my love) – Grá go deo (Love Forever) – Grá, dílseacht, cairdeas (Love, Loyalty, Friendship) – Cuisle mo chroí, amhrán m'anama, solas mo oíche (Pulse of my heart, song of my soul, light of my life)

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– Anam cara (Soul mate) – Maireann croí éadrom i bhfad (A light heart lives long) – Ní neart go cur le chéile (There’s no strength without unity) – Le mo ghrása mise, agus liomsa mo ghrá (I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine) – Is tú mo rogha (You are my chosen one) – Tá mo chroí istigh ionat (My heart is within you) – Mo mhíle stór (My darling)

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