I used this phrase on Facebook the other day, was not quite sure if I did it correctly, and now, being my obsessive self, am virtually certain I got it wrong, and want to make sure I get it right the next time. Help greatly appreciated.

Redwolf

Hi Redwolf,

Déarfainn:

tugann (bheir) an pictiúr seo i mo cheann é -- the verb form in brackets is only here in Ulster I think...

nó

cuireann an pictiúr seo i gcuimhne dom é

Slán,

An Braonach

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Ultach mé agus Gaeilg Uladh a labhraim go measardha maith!

This is what I would use too.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

And here I've been beating myself up thinking I had it wrong! "Cuireann an pictiúr seo i gcuimhne dom é" is what I wrote.

GRMA!

Redwolf

Well done, I never would have wrapped my brain around that sentence.

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Táim ag foghlaim fós. Fáilte roimh gach aon cheartúchán.

Sometimes with these things it's a matter of it just suddenly looking or sounding wrong. You know how, if you say an English word several times in a row, it tends to lose meaning and just become sound? Or how you'll start to write a familiar word in English and suddenly have to ask yourself "is that really the right way to spell it? It looks wrong." It happens with Irish too, especially if, like me, you're prone to second-guessing yourself.

Redwolf

and third and fourth and fifth and........

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Gaeilg Uladh:
Cuireann a' pioctúr seo i gcuimhne domh é
(pioctúr pronounced as if it were "pioctar": /p'iktər/)

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

Well, for the record the Connemara version would be:

Cuireann a' peictiúr seo i gcuimhne dhom é.

(with cuimhne pronounced /ki:w´r´ə/, or in Cois Fhairrge /ki:m´r´ə/.)

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Should be a slender 'r' in Ulster dialect I think - pioctúir...

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Ultach mé agus Gaeilg Uladh a labhraim go measardha maith!