Irish Wedding

[piper]

I am somewhat new to this, having done some work by self-study. (I have studied Scots Gaelic a bit more formally, but there’s not enough overlap to be of help to me.)
I am scheduled to conduct a wedding in Ireland in a few weeks. I would like to find an Irish Gaelic wedding blessing. Is there anyone who can direct me to a good resource?
Bruce

[Seáinín]

Probably not this one:

Níl aon leigheas ar an ngrá ach an pósadh.

😉

[Héilics Órbhuí]

Go maire sibh bhur saol úr / nua

This is a pretty standard Irish wedding blessing. The “nua” variety sounds nicest to me, but I have seen both.

[Seáinín]

You might find these interesting:

http://www.cumannnasagart.ie/an-posadh.html

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/ga/birth_family_relationships/getting_married/different_legal_ways_of_getting_married.html

[Onuvanja]

I have come across the phrase ‘Sliocht sleachta ar shliocht bhur sleachta’ (more or less ‘may your descendants have descendants of their own’) on the Internet, but I don’t know how authentic that is.

[piper]

Thanks to all for your help. I’ll post and let you know how it went.

Regards
Piper

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