Considering a Celtic wedding or just want to include a traditional Irish blessing in your wedding ceremony or use one as a toast? The following Irish blessing for marriage could be just the one for you. If you want to include more Irish traditions during your wedding ceremony, consider this popular one that signifies the couple’s bond and commitment. This Irish way of “tying the knot” during the ceremony provides the couple and and their guests with a beautiful visual representation of their new bond. During the ceremony, the couple is asked to join hands while a rope, ribbon, or cord is gently wrapped around the couple’s hands, symbolizing the couple agrees to spend the rest of their days together.

Traditional Irish Blessing

May your mornings bring joy and your evenings bring peace.

May your troubles grow few as your blessings increase.

May the saddest day of your future

Be no worse than the happiest day of your past.

May your hands be forever clasped in friendship

And your hearts joined forever in love.

Your lives are very special,

God has touched you in many ways.

May his blessings rest upon you

And fill all your coming days.

Even if you’re not trying to include Irish traditions or sayings into your wedding day festivities, we hope you enjoyed the Irish blessing. May the luck of the Irish be with you and your loved one through many, many years of happiness!

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