Thank you folks, your replies are appreciated, I'm a stickler for detail, looking for the correct detail, but I'm starting to think that what's 'correct' Irish is an ongoing debate.
I'm determined though to work away at it, my conversation buddy is depending on me, hopefully by the time he takes me for a pint I'll be over the curve
Peter.

Cad'é mar atá sibh ?

is this said in Ulster Irish ? as it seems its used by the fortune teller (bean feasa) in Now You're Talking - a lot !

atchim bean eile (pronounced like cheem)
atchim cailín amhain

from Wiktionary copied and pasted:

atchí

Alternative forms
at-chí, tchí, tchíonn
Verb
atchí

(archaic) present indicative analytic independent of feic
Further reading
"atchí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Categories: Irish non-lemma forms Irish verb forms - Irish terms with archaic senses

Go raibh mille maith agaibh !