Rop lir do chlann gainim lir!

(may-be * as numerous * your * offspring * as sands * of sea)

May your progeny be as numerous as the sands of the sea!

This blessing is put in the mouth of Saint Patrick in a poem in “Genelach Conmaicne”, which is found in the MS Rawl. 502 (fol. 87r) in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

Topics: Blessings & Good Wishes