I absolutely love St. Patrick’s Day! With my 6th grade students we analyzed a few Irish blessings and talked about Ireland a lot, we watched videos of Irish step dancing, we listened to Danny Boy and Molly Malone, we read a little bit about Irish history and we looked up some Irish recipes. And I know they loved making these Irish blessings into cards.

Blessing I:

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

Blessing II:

May God grant you always… A sunbeam to warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, a sheltering Angel so nothing can harm you. Laughter to cheer you. Faithful friends near you. And whenever you pray, Heaven to hear you.

These were some of the end products:

And one I made for myself:

Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhaoibh!