The Our Father in Irish-Gaelic

The "Our Father" in Irish-Gaelic

Ár n-Athair atá ar neamh,

Go naofar d'ainim,

Go dtagfadh do ríocht,

Go ndéantar do thoil ar an talamh mar a dhéantar ar neamh.

Ár n-arán laethúil tabhair dúinn inniu,

agus maith dúinn ár bhfiacha

mar a mhaithimidne dár bhféichiúna féin

Ach ná lig sinn i gcathú,

ach saor sinn ó olc,

Amen.

Approximate pronunciation:

AR NATH-her ah-TAH er NAHV

Guh NAY-her DAHN-um

Guh DAHG-huh duh REE-ukht

Guh NANE-ter duh HULL er un TAHL-uv mar a YANE-ter er NAHV

AR nuh-RAHN lay-HOOL TAUR DOO-un in-YOU

ah-gus MAH DOO-in ar VEE-uh-kha

MAR uh WAH-him-MIDGE-nuh DAR VEKH-yoon-uh FANE

AKH NAU LIG SHIN ih GAH-HOO

AKH SEER SHIN OH UH-luck.

[The syllables capitalized above receive more stress; the “kh” is used to represent a sound similar to the “ch” in the Scottish word loch or the “ch” in the German word Nacht. A more precise pronunciation transcription would need something like the International Phonetic Alphabet. Irish has many alternative pronunciations and regional variants, so what I have above would not be accurate for all dialects.]

At some point I will add audio or video to help clarify the pronunciation of the prayer.