I am looking for the Irish Language translation for "our family above all things" that I want to include in a tattoo along with the O'Loughlin Family Crest.
Thank you in advance for all you wonderful volunteers!

Sincerely, John Patrick O'Loughlin, USA

Hello,

What do you mean by family?

Irish has a number of words for family:

Teaghlach is used to mean the 'household'

Muintir is encompasses 'all relatives, people of a particular community/ family'.

Ár dteaghlach thar gach uile ní 'our household above all things'

Ár muintir thar gach uile ní 'our family above all things'

Síol/ Munitir/ Clann(a) Uí Lochlainn thar gach uile ní 'Progeny/ People (family)/ Progeny (Descendants) of O'Loughlin above all things'

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I can second what An Cionnfhaolach gave you, except that the surname is missing from the English translation quoted above. It actually says:

"O'Loughlin Progeny/People (family)/Progeny (Descendants) above all things"

As a purely side note, the surname O'Loughlin means "descendant of the Norseman" (in case you didn't already know that).

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.

Thanks, fixed above.

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