Hello all, I have been planning a tattoo for a couple years now and am planning on having the quote in it say "Though you are gone, your soul will carry on." My family is RC Irish through and through, and though im not quite sure on the dialect, we are from Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. I've only been to see my family there twice, the last of which was 5 years ago but plan on going again in a few months and can't wait to show them the finished product so it needs to be legit!! ha

Perhaps Lughaidh can fill you in on a Donegal version, but here's a standard version to get you started:

Cé go bhfuil tú imithe, leanfaidh d'anam linn. (CO) literally "Although you are gone, your soul will continue with us."

Connacht and Munster would likely have t'anam instead but I'm not sure about Donegal.

Await further input ...

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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).

Thanks for the reply, if that is correct I love it. Sounds/looks great and definitely still gets the message across. Any other opinions or insights are much appreciated.

for CO

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Is the standard (Caighdeán) or Ulster Irish required for this request? Perhaps DevQ might clarify? S.

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I would definitely prefer the Ulster Irish but am ok with the standard if nothing else. Thanks for the help so far!

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I think that in Ulster Irish they quite often use "an...s'ag..." instead of the possessive,
although I don't know if it is only used in certain circumstances, nor what they would be.
"An t-anam s'agat" instead of "d'anam"??

And I think they sometimes use a construction with 'dá...féin' for even though.

Based on that and with the caveat that I don't really know what I'm talking about

Mairfidh an t-anam s'agat linn, dá mbeinn tú féin imithe.
Your soul will live on with us, even though you are gone.

DevQ, you should definitely wait for one of the Ulster experts to correct this.

Your help is much appreciated, is there a better way for me to ask/contact the Ulster experts or should I just give it more time? Also i asked a friend of the family from Dublin if he had any mates he could ask for a translation and he replied with "Ce go bhfuil tu imithe, deanann do spiorad ar." with some accents in it but unfortunately im unable to make such

Cé go bhfuil tú imithe.... - that is what Breandán gave you earlier, and is correct.

...déanann do spiorad ar....(an doras) - would mean ...your spirit makes for....(the door) At the very least it is incomplete, but for what you want to say I think it is incorrect.

I'm reasonably new here so I don't know who the actual Ulster experts are. Lughaidh appears to be one, but there may be others.
I would give it a bit more time. You can give your post an occasional bump now and again. Sorry I can't be of more help.