With Saint Patrick’s Day coming up and this week being Seachtain na Gaeilge, we are promoting prayers in the Irish language.
Today, it is Saint Patrick’s Breastplate.
There is a video attached below that demonstrates the pronunciation.
Críost liom,
/Kreest lyum/
Christ with me,Críost romham,
/Kreest roh-um/
Christ before me,Críost i mo dhiaidh,
/Kreest ih muh yee-eh/
Christ behind me,Críost istigh ionam,
/Kreest ih-shtih un-um/
Christ within me,Críost fúm,
/Kreest foom/
Christ below me,Críost os mo chionn,
/Kreest ohs muh khyun/
Christ above me,Críost ar mo lámh dheis,
/Kreest air muh lawv yesh/
Christ on my right hand,Críost ar mo lámh chlé,
/Kreest air muh lawv khlay/
Christ on my left hand,Críost i mo luí dom,
/Kreest ih muh lee dum/
Christ in my sleeping,Críost i mo sheasamh dom,
/Kreest ih muh hyas-uv dum/
Christ in my waking,Críost i gcroí gach duine atá ag cuimhneamh orm,
/Kreest ih gree gokh din-eh a-taw egg kwiv-noo ur-um/
Christ in the heart of all who think of me,Críost i mbéal gach duine a labhraíonn liom,
/Kreest ih mayl gokh din-eh ah l-ow-reen lyum/
Christ in the mouth of all who speak to me,Críost i ngach súil a fhéachann orm,
/Kreest ih ngokh sool ah ay-khun ur-um/
Christ in every eye that looks at me,Críost i ngach cluas a éisteann liom.
/Kreest ih ngokh clo-uss ah aysh-ten lyum/
Christ in every ear that listens to me.
