Our 18 year old daughter died last aug in a car accident. we would like something suitable and brief for her headstone .she is sorely missed, a bright, thoughful, kind hearted, loving daughter and sister, what would be suitable. we live in newzealand. I was born in ireland
Thank

Very sorry for your loss.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam / May her soul be at God's right hand

That would be a fairly traditional one. There are some good translators on this forum if you wanted to go with something more personal.

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Táim ag foghlaim fós. Fáilte roimh gach aon cheartúchán.

Hi welcome to the forum,

Sorry to hear of your loss.

To get the ball rolling:

Iníon is deirfiúir cneasta cinealta ceanúil, braithnimid uile i bhfad uait 'loving, kind, gentle daughter and sister, we all miss you dearly'.

Alternatively, instead of braithnimid uile i bhfad uait you can substitute the phrase Tá oll-chumha orainn i do dhiaidh, which is similar meaning.

However, I think you may be the best person to come up with a particular phrase.

Wait for more input,

crossed with Mick

Cian

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Please wait for corrections/ more input from other forum members before acting on advice

Typo, I think. Cineálta.

Nice suggestion! And nice alliteration. I was thinking "Mór-chumha i do dhiaidh" as I was reading your initial suggestion, and then I saw you were already ahead of me (oll-chumha)

Typo City, Cian! Also deirfiúr, braithimid. Any reason for not leniting the adjectives? Isn't "We all miss you dearly" ('Braithimid uainn uile go mór thú') rather a loose translation of 'Braithimid uile i bhfad uait'?

128drumcondra, as An Cionnfhaolach says, it's for you to compose something yourself and for us to translate it. Then you can finish with 'Rest in peace'.

Mick has given you one of several ways of saying "(May she) Rest in peace" in Irish, If you prefer the more intimate second person - "(May you) Rest in peace" - then: Ar dheis Dé go raibh d'anam uasal. Uasal, which means 'noble', is very commonly used in this context.

Another common one: Leaba i measc na n-aingeal go raibh agat. - 'May you sleep/rest among the saints.'
You could have a combination: Ceol na n-aingeal go gcloIse tú ('May you hear the angels'music') agus leaba i measc na naomh go raibh agat.

Actually I've just noticed you want it brief, so that last one would be a bit wordy if you're adding something yourself before it.

Another possibility:

Is fada linn uainn í "We miss her a lot."

or

Is fada linn uainn thú "We miss you a lot."

Await further input ...

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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).

Thank you to all who replied. Actually we do have a quote but it is not traditional. But the other suggestions are wonderful because they are so Irish
"Dont cry because it is over, smile becuase it happened

Also "Tá cumha orainn ina diaidh."

Redwolf

Just to clarify, Tá cumha orainn ina diaidh. "We miss her." is a variation of Tá oll-chumha orainn i do dhiaidh "We miss you greatly" and Mór-chumha i do dhiaidh "Miss you greatly" suggested above by Cian and Gumbi, respectively.

Mór- and oll- are prefixes both meaning "great", mór- also being "grand, main, giant, major", and oll- also meaning "huge, vast, immense".

Cumha here means "parting sorrow".


Rather than approach that literally, perhaps a paraphrase might work:

Ná déan daonán ina diaidh, ach smaoinigh ar an seansaol sona
"Don't lament after her, but think of/remember the happy times."

Await further input ...

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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).

mórchumha / ollchumha gan fleiscín go hiondúil (without hyphen usually)