Some of the most famous Irish sayings are blessings or short poems that commonly convey messages of hope and goodwill. You've almost certainly read this classic blessing before: Some Irish ...

But for the Irish, there are so many well-known Irish blessings that are spoken to others without needing a special occasion. So, in celebration of St. Patrick's Day, we've rounded up the 140 best ...

From dinner to dessert to the special Irish bread ... to bring a blessing to all your crops. A child born on Good Friday and baptized on Easter Sunday will have the gift of healing.

While Irish families may have gotten smaller, there are still some seventh sons of seventh sons in Ireland today who practice healing in their ... him and he did the blessing always after sunset ...

bringing our extraordinary collaboration full circle with the rhythms of ancient Irish culture and contemporary music while invoking a blessing for each individual in a troubled world,” she writes.

Contributor Thomas S. Hibbs writes about a more somber contribution Irish friends have made to his life.(Daniel Carde) Growing up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., in the 1970s, I was surrounded ...