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Domhnaillín's point does come up quite often. Some people have learned it with ar and others with do.

FGB gives both ar and do, so both are acceptable in the CO.

Beyond that there appears to be some regional preference of one over the other, though I forget which is which.

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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 have really fallen in love with this way of expressing the sentiment! I have two people in agreement on it so far and would love another opinion or two before I get my tattoo. Thank you so much!

As the one who gave you the first suggestion, I also agree that Red's suggestion is great. Wish I'd thought of it.

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

Haha. Thank you for your help though. I do really appreciate it.

"Grá mo chroí go deo sibh" Can someone give me a hand with the proper pronunciation of this? I would like to make sure I'm saying it properly. Thank you!

I'm sure someone will be able to make you a sound file, but just for starters, to get you in the ballpark:

Grah muh khree guh joh shiv

That "kh" is a gutteral sound not found in English. If you know how to pronounce the German "Bach" or Scottish "loch" correctly, you've got it.

Wait for more.

Redwolf

Here's a sound file for a Connemara-based pronunciation:

Grá mo chroí go deo sibh
GRAW muh KHREE guh DyOH SHIV
/grɑ: mə xri: gə d´o: s´iw´/

See Redwolf's explanation above regarding ch /x/ "kh".

For those who can distinguish between /gra:/ "grah" and /grɑ:/ "graw", grá is pronounced like "graw" in Connemara and Munster (and like /græ:/ "grae" (rhymes with "nah") in Donegal.)

The r's in grá and chroí should be flapped singly like a Scottish English r.

Slender d (in deo) is midway between a d and a j sound.

Slender s (in sibh) is an sh sound, like the s in Seán (=Shawn).

The bh in sibh is a v sound, though it is just a b in Cois Fhairrge.

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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).

For most Americans (those who don't know IPA), I'd say that "grá" is pronounced almost like "gry" in Donegal. We would always pronounce "ah" with a long "a" sound...the major difference, among those whose dialect distinguishes between "aw" and "ah" is a greater rounding of the lips with "aw" (I usually tell my fellow Americans to think of "aw" as "awe" as said in New Jersey)

Redwolf

Thank you so much you guys! I had the pronunciation close but the phonetics and the sound file are a huge help. I'm very excited and have my consult next week. Thank you again to you all for helping me.