Hello! I'm very happy to have found this forum and am very excited to get a translation for my next tattoo.

I'm not too picky on exact wording, the general meaning is what I'm going for. I am getting a tattoo for my kids and I want to have something written under it that basically says "Love You Forever". I know that English doesn't translate well to other languages for direct quotes/sayings so I'm wondering what would the best way to say that? Thank you all for helping me out, I really appreciate it.

In Irish, you generally say that you "have love" for somebody, and you normally need a subject (such as "I"), so:

Beidh grá agam duit go deo
I'll love you [have love for you] forever

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

The original poster said kids (plural) so you need to say daoibh instead of duit. "Beidh grá agam duit" would be used when speaking to one person.

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Táim ag foghlaim fós. Fáilte roimh gach aon cheartúchán.

Thank you for the replies so far!

Yes, that's right. I was concentrating on the phrase itself, and didn't pay attention to the reference to kids (plural).

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

I'm still hoping for a few more people to weigh in so I can get a consensus! Thank you everyone.

"Beidh grá agam daoibh go deo" (Caoimhín's suggestion with Mick's correction) is good. Another, ever-so-slightly shorter, possible option (others weigh in on this, please) is "Grá mo chroí go deo sibh" ("You are my heart's love forever").

Do wait for more input on that one.

Redwolf

There are quite a few ways to say "I love you" in Irish. Redwolf's suggestion is also good and would be my preference of the two.

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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).

I agree, I really like the wording of this option! Thank you so much! More opinions, pretty please?

My opinion's not worth much, but I first learned this construction with ar rather than do and that still sounds better to me (even if I do like the effect of the alliteration here).