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A Gaelic Blessing is an English language choral composition by John Rutter, consisting of four vocal parts and organ or orchestra. It is also known by the repeating first line of the text, "Deep peace". The work was commissioned by the Chancel Choir of First United Methodist Church, Omaha, Nebraska, for their conductor Mel Olson.
There are conflicting accounts of the origins of Ag Críost an Síol.. Some sources describe the poem as "traditional" or "an old anonymous prayer". [1] [2]Another source [3] says that it was in fact written in 1916 by Father Michael Sheehan (Micheál Ó Síocháin) of Waterford, a co-founder of Coláiste na Rinne, the Irish College in An Rinn, County Waterford, who later became assistant ...
He said that he returned from vacation in Ireland in 1988 with souvenirs including a postcard with the Irish travel blessing "May the road rise to meet you", and a booklet of other Irish toasts. He tried to set the translated travel blessing to music, but realised that the text was too long for a round, and too short for a song. He therefore ...
"An Irish Blessing" ("May the road rise to meet you"), [3] 1987 "Do You Know Me?", 1987, for Gustav Schörghofer "Let us go to the house of our Lord", 1992
Editor's note: Judy's column will return Jan. 7. Happy holidays! Many of you know of my love for all things Irish. It’s part of my heritage.
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The possibility of priests, presumably Irish, having been invalidly baptized was considered in the "Poenitentiale Theodori" (Lib. II, cap. iii, 13), and in cap. ix of the same book, after ordering the reordination of those ordained by Scottish and British bishops "who are not Catholic in their Easter and tonsure" and the asperging of churches ...
Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852), was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist celebrated for his Irish Melodies.His setting of English-language verse to old Irish tunes marked the transition in popular Irish culture from Irish to English.