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John O'Donohue: "Beannacht" (Blessing)

By John O’Donohue — 2008

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Shortly before his death in 2008, the late Irish poet John O'Donohue recited his poem, meaning blessing, during an interview with Krista Tippett. We've woven his close friends' photographs of him in his Celtic landscapes with this reading.

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