Could some one please help me ,(Níl gach uile fhánaí caillte )I was told this mean "All who wander are not lost"

Hi. This has been done here before (and over at IGTF countless times):

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The original quote is from Lord of the Rings:

"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost."

In the other thread we ended up with:

Ní bhíonn chuile fhánaí ar strae "Not all those who wander are lost" literally "Not every wanderer is lost".

Now, what you have isn't wrong but the above refines it somewhat:

ní bhíonn is used more for generalizations; níl more for specific cases.

chuile is a contraction of gach uile => 'ach uile = 'chuile. It is the preferred form in Connacht. Munster tends to use gach aon. Ulster tends to use achan (from gach aon) but also uses chuile. The standard often just uses gach.

caillte also means "lost" but it also means "fallen, dead" so some of us prefer ar strae "astray".

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Thank you very much, I was also told just alittle while ago that it was from Lord of the rings but then the book must of been written long before it was LOL. My grandfather use to say it in Gaelic when i was a child. I asked my father what he was saying I have a picture on my wall from the early 1900's from Ireland that, has a cross on it with the words written above and below that was left to me. I guess it was an old saying that had been passed down for years.Thanks again for the help it is greatly appreciated .