Hi, I belong to an Gaelic-American Club with 6,000 members originally formed back in 1948 which starts each of their monthly meetings with a club prayer for civility which I've tried to translate into Irish, but being only a beginning student of the language I'm looking for any feedback in case I got anything significantly wrong, before I embarrass myself too badly. Actually, I'm throwing out the following version as a first draft tonight at the monthly meeting tonight, as an effort to smoke out a few people who might know more Irish then me to try and get them to help with our Irish classes. But often the members don't follow through well, and I need to eventually publish a final version. So any assistance is appreciated. Des

Gaelic American Club Prayer
Paidir Gaelic-American Club

Almighty God, our Father in heaven, we gather in Thy sight and in Thy holy name and by Thy infinite mercy and grace. We ask You to guide and direct us assembled here today. We ask you to guide and direct our business and deliberations in a spirit of true fraternity with malice toward none and charity toward all.

A Dhia uilechumhachtach, ár nAthair atá ar neamh, bailímid (nó ‘muid ag cruinniú’) i do radharc agus in d’ainm naofa agus ag do thrócaire gan teorainn agus do ghràsta. Fiafraímid ort a threorú agus a stiúradh muid a cruinnithe anseo inniu. Iarraimid ort a threorú agus a stiúradh ár ngnó agus pléití i spiorad an bráithreachas fíor gan mhailís i dtreo aon duine agus carthanachta i dtreo gach aon daoine.

Help us to keep uppermost in our mind what is best for our society as a whole, and let us reject all purely petty and personal considerations.

Cabhraigh linn a choinneáil inár gcuimhne mar an príomhrud cad é is fearr le haghaidh ár sochaí ina hiomláine, agus lig dúinn diúltú aon smaoineamh níl ach suarach nó pearsanta.

Help us to make our organization a better one; one which truly reflects our Irish Christian heritage, so that it will be a credit to each individual member and to the community…through Jesus Christ, Our Lord, Amen.

Cabhraigh linn ár n-eagraíocht a n-éirí níos fearr amháin; ceann a léiríonn go fírinneach ár n-oidhreacht Chríostaí na hÉireann, ionas go mbeidh sé ina chreidiúint do gach ball aonair agus don phobal ... trí Íosa Críost, ár dTiarna, Amen.

I'm locking this, as you requested in your other thread.

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