Your in luck, because stór as it happens, means treasure, but it is also used as a term of endearment much like darling is.

I also think it sounds a bit odd to have a tattoo in the vocative.

Building on what the others have given,

Is í m'iníon mo chroí, mo chuisle, mo stoirín is niamhraí

My daughter is my heart, my pulse, my brightest treasure....

Wait for further input. It def. needs improvement

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Agreed regards the vocative. I think this is descriptive.

I think the translation is getting a bit, as Wombat would put it, "explainy". There are words implied in the English that can stay implied in the Irish, such as "she is" Is í).

How about:

Mo chuisle, m'iníon, mo stóirín "My pulse, my daughter, my darling"

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).

Another alternative for "my treasure" would be "mo thaisce" - used more in Northern Ireland than in the South.

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Hi again

Thanks for all the replies

You have said m'inion means my daughter. What is the difference between that and m'inghean?

Morten

Same word - iníon is the new spelling, inghean is an older spelling.

Don't forget the síneadh over the second i, though: iníon

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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).

Ok, thanks

I have another tattoo with the older spelling already, and therefore I would like this one to be from the same time period. Will this mean a change to any of the other words? Could you give me the complete sentence with the older spelling?

Morten

Mo chuisle, m'inghean, mo stóirín "My pulse, my daughter, my darling"

Traditional font:

Mo ċuisle, m'inġean, mo stóirín

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Hello,

I'm sorry to post in this thread if I should be opening a new topic (just let me know) but as I wanted to ask about this translation I thought it more appropriate to post here.

My son will be born in the upcoming week(s) and I would like to get a tattoo in honour of him in a couple of months. I've always been fascinated by the Irish tales, legends and language so it won't surprise you that his name will be Irish in origin. Because of this I would like the tattoo to contain this same message only with "my son" instead of "my daughter".

I hope the Original poster won't be offended by this, I got the idea from a story I read years ago in which the male character referred to his wife and child as "Mo chuisle" and "mo stóirín" and after googling the terms I stumbled onto this thread.

So my question would be, what would the appropriate translation be in my case?
Could it be: "Mo chuisle, mo mhac, mo stóirín" ?

I would like it to be in old spelling and the traditional font.

A big thank you to anyone willing to help!

Your request is so close to the original post that I see no harm in it staying here, but if you want anything else, it would be better to start a new thread. What you have above is correct, and if you want to use a traditional font:

Mo ċuisle, mo ṁac, mo stóirín

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