May the Road Rise to Meet You/Go N-éirí an Bóthar Leat, Ryan Beller (Signed)
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May the Road Rise to Meet You/Go N-éirí an Bóthar Leat, Ryan Beller (Signed)
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"As someone with admittedly limited experience as Gaeilge, "Go N'éirí an Bóthar Leat" or "May the Road Rise to Meet You" feels like a somewhat divisive statement. On the one hand a kind blessing, true and whole in its Irishness and on the other, an over-commercialised and gross mistranslation of the native language.
Far be it for me to speak to the traditional validity of the phrase, but I can say that any and every time I've had the blessing placed on me; it felt purposeful. While in the throes of battle against creative self-doubt and indirection the phrase echoed in my head with a mantra-esque repetition, serving as a reassurance to simply move forth with curiosity and trust that the world would meet me half-way.
Just shy of a decade since my initial visit to Ireland, I reflect on the conversations, meals, fires and the many, many pints that have shaped me for the better, likely due to those I had the good fortune of sharing them with. Many of these memories live only as fleeting, intangible moments like pastures thrown past the window of a moving train.
The rest are shared here to serve as a letter of appreciation to an island doused in story.
Go raibh mile a math agat." (Words by Ryan Beller)
Each copy of 'May the Road Rise to Meet You/Go N-éirí an Bóthar Leat' includes a first edition (of 35) print.
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"As someone with admittedly limited experience as Gaeilge, "Go N'éirí an Bóthar Leat" or "May the Road Rise to Meet You" feels like a somewhat divisive statement. On the one hand a kind blessing, true and whole in its Irishness and on the other, an over-commercialised and gross mistranslation of the native language.
Far be it for me to speak to the traditional validity of the phrase, but I can say that any and every time I've had the blessing placed on me; it felt purposeful. While in the throes of battle against creative self-doubt and indirection the phrase echoed in my head with a mantra-esque repetition, serving as a reassurance to simply move forth with curiosity and trust that the world would meet me half-way.
Just shy of a decade since my initial visit to Ireland, I reflect on the conversations, meals, fires and the many, many pints that have shaped me for the better, likely due to those I had the good fortune of sharing them with. Many of these memories live only as fleeting, intangible moments like pastures thrown past the window of a moving train.
The rest are shared here to serve as a letter of appreciation to an island doused in story.
Go raibh mile a math agat." (Words by Ryan Beller)
Each copy of 'May the Road Rise to Meet You/Go N-éirí an Bóthar Leat' includes a first edition (of 35) print.
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