Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú?
Goidé mar atá tú? (Ulster)

seem to be the usual ways to say 'How are you?'. In school, I learned 'Conas atá tú?' Do any native speakers actually use 'Conas atá tú?'

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"Conas atá tú?" is basically the standardised version of the Munster phrase "modern: Conas 't(h)ánn tú; older: Cion(n)u/as 't(h)ánn tu? (no ú on tu); or conas taoi etc...?)".

I would imagine it is said somewhat by native speakers but only those that have been influenced by the school system.

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Something is telling me that they would have said it in places in Clare when the dialect was alive in the county, but it wouldn't be said in any Gaeltacht you would look too much of a beginner saying Conas tá tú to native speakers.

Native speakers in Munster (in the Gaeltacht, anyway) definitely say "Conas tánn tú?" and "Conas taoi?"

I know that - I didn't say they don't

But it would be easily understood. A friend of mine used to say 'conas tánn tú...' whenever he met me many years ago and we chatted from there... He is from West Cork and I can still hear him on RnaG now and then... but I doubt he'd still remember me now!!

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Bí cinnte de go nglacfaidh triúr le gach aistriúchán a thabharfar.
Be sure to get three in agreement with a translation given.

In summary:

Cé' chaoi a bhfuil tú ? "How are you ?" (GC)
Goidé mar atá tú ? "How are you ?" (GU)
Conas atánn tú ? or Conas taoi ? "How are you?" (GM)
Conas atá tú ? "How are you ?" (CO)

Broadly speaking.

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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).

Yes, now you know that – now that I told you!

Well, you summed it up nicely, Breandán

One small point: I think people say "Conas 'tánn tú?" (not "atánn")

Just lettin' ya know

Thanks, WFM.

Actually, I don't think anyone really pronounces the a in atá/athá very clearly, if at all. It's a schwa (indefinite vowel) /ə/ and schwa often gets dropped in rapid speech. Historically it can either be explicitly written or omitted.

In fact, FGB gives two versions: conas tá tú ? and conas taoi ? without a.

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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).