In old novels, before 1950, you often see it written as 'Siad. I've seen handwriting from one of the bards
that had 'Siad.

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

Thanks again folks.

Could I add "áille" in there somewhere to make it "my beautiful daughters are the pulse of my heart"?

In that case, it seems the Irish switches round the subject and the predicate. This is literally "The pulse of my heart is my girls".

However, in copula sentences it is often not obvious which should be the subject and which the predicate, and the English form, as Redwolf and Bríd noted, is not always the correct one to go by. You could argue that the logical predicate is the girls, and that the English is anomalous for putting "the girls" in the subject. I see now that what is being said (regardless of what the English phrasing was) is "the pulse of my heart is MY GIRLS", because everyone has a heartbeart, and not "what my girls is the PULSE of MY HEART". In logic, it is defining the pulse of the heart and not defining the girls.

Now I'm totally confusáilte.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
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Ana-chur thrí chéile aigne orm féin leis...

You'll even see it written that way in contemporary literature. Makes sense, as it reflects actual pronunciation (kind of like writing "is ea" as "'sea")

Redwolf

It's always good to have it pointed out how things are actually pronounced. Like "an bhfuil" often just being vwil. There seem to be a lot of Irish words barely pronounced - but I think we often forget that all languages are like that (words like 'of' are often barely pronounced in English too - but we don't see it as a problem).

Or even just "will" in Connemara.

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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).

Alright then.

So is there a consensus that either:

Is iad m'iníonacha cuisle mo chroí
or
Siad m'iníonacha cuisle mo chroí

would be acceptable?

Thanks!

They both mean the same thing. If you go with the second, you should put an apostrophe there: 'Siad, not Siad. ('Siad is a contracted way of writing "Is iad" that reflects how it's actually pronounced).

Redwolf