If you're looking for an enchanting Irish ceremony reading, this piece from Cork poet Colm Breathnach is all about love and is full of symbolism. It paints a beautiful picture of a journey through the country. It would be a lovely reading for anyone tying the knot abroad that wants a piece of home in their ceremony. It kicks off on an impactful note, with the first line translating to English as "Love is a town that you pass through on your journey."

Ceremony Reading: An Grá by Colm Breathnach

Baile is ea An Grá
go ngabhann tú thairis ar do thuras.

Ar an mám duit
chíonn tú thíos uait é
le hais le loch sáile –

an caidéal glas
ar an gcrosbhóthar taobh thuas dó,

na páirceanna is na garraithe thart air
i mbarróga na bhfallaí cloch dá bhfáisceadh,

oifig an phoist go mbíonn muintir na háite
istigh ann i mbun gnó is ag cadráil,

an dá thigh tábhairne
ar aghaidh a chéile amach beagnach
go mbíonn ceol i gceann acu oíche Shathairn
is sa cheann eile ar an nDomhnach, do ghnáth.

Áit is ea An Grá
ná fuil ar léarscáileanna turasóirí,

go ngabhann tú thairis ar d’aistear
is a fhágann bolaithe na feamainne id pholláirí.

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