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 PATRICK'S BLESSING ON MUNSTER

God's blessing upon Munster, Men, women, children! A blessing on the land Which gives them fruit!

A blessing on every wealth Which is brought forth on their marches! No one to be in want of help: God's blessing upon Munster!

A blessing on their peaks, On their bare flagstones, A blessing on their glens, A blessing on their ridges!

Like sand of sea under ships Be the number of their hearths: On slopes, on plains, On mountain-sides, on peaks.