Ag Críost an Síol

"Ag Críost an Síol" (Irish pronunciation: [aɡ cɾʲiːsˠt̪ˠ an̪ˠ ʃiːl̪ˠ], ag-KREEST-an-SHEEL, "Christ's is the seed") is an Irish hymn. It originated as a poem, which has been described as "traditional" or "an old anonymous prayer",[1][2] but was in fact written in 1916 by Father Michael Sheehan (Micheál Ó Síocháin) of Waterford, a co-founder of Coláiste na Rinne, the Irish College in An Rinn, County Waterford, who later became assistant Archbishop of Sydney, Australia.[3][4]

The words were set to music by Seán Ó Riada as the offertory hymn in his 1968 setting of the mass, Ceol an Aifrinn (literally, "Music of the Mass"; known in English as the "Ó Riada Mass"),[5][6] which is used to close a number of Irish traditional music gatherings, such as summer schools.[7]

Text

Irish text

Ag Críost an síol, ag Críost an fómhar;
i n-iothlainn Dé go dtugtar sinn.
Ag Críost an mhuir, ag Críost an t-iasc;
i líonta Dé go gcastar sinn.
 
Ó fhás go h-aois, is ó aois go bás,
do dhá láimh, a Chríost, anall tharainn.
Ó bhás go críoch, ní críoch ach athfhás,
i bParthas na ngrás go rabhaimid.

English translation

Christ's is the seed, Christ's is the crop,
in the barn of God may we be brought.
Christ's is the sea, Christ's is the fish,
in the nets of God may we be caught.
 
From growth to age, from age to death,
Thy two arms, O Christ, about us.
From death to end, not end but growth,
in blessed Paradise may we be

References

  1. ↑ Dennis Doyle, Paula Doyle, Songs of Celtic Christianity, p. 49
  2. ↑ Isaac Cohen, Immediate man: cuimhní ar Chearbhall Ó Dálaigh, p. 73
  3. ↑ Mac Craith, Nioclás (2009). "Ag Críost on Síol". An Linn Bhuí (in Irish) 13.
  4. ↑ Ó Síocháin, Fr Micheál (1871-1945), Waterford Country Museum
  5. ↑ Saturday Solo: Seán Ó Riada | Ag Críost an Síol, Saturday Chorale, 30 April 2011, accessed 7 February 2015
  6. ↑ Ó Canainn, Tomás (2003). Seán Ó Riada: His Life and Work. Collins Press. pp. 70, 240. ISBN 1903464404. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Sean O'Riada (1931-1971) Musician and Composer, Cork Institute of Technology, accessed 7 February 2015
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