Personalised Irish Baby Blessing

A wish in Irish for a new arrival

The main line, Go maire tú an céad, uses “you”, so it works the same for a boy or a girl. Christening and baptism orders add the word Baisteadh, and you can ask for a second line, Go saolaí Dia thú (God grant you long life). Every Irish line is checked against focloir.ie and teanglann.ie.

What you get

• One personalised design with the child’s name, the occasion and date you give, and the blessing with the English underneath
• An original Celtic knotwork border
• One colourway of your choice: Parchment, Slate stone or Minimal black on cream
• 6 sizes: 8×10 in, A4, 11×14 in, A3, 5×7 in and 4×6 in, as 300 dpi PDFs

Digital files only. The frame in the photos is not included.

How personalisation works

On Etsy, type the child’s name with any fadas, the occasion (new baby, christening or baptism), the date or dates and your colour. The name is printed exactly as you type it; if you’d like the Irish form too, say so in the box.

There is no proof step, so names are printed exactly as you type them. Please check spelling and fadas before ordering. Made-to-order digital files can’t be returned, but if a mistake is mine it will be fixed straight away.

Printing in the US? The files include US sizes, so check the size you need in the listing and print at “Actual size” / 100%.