Have you heard the chorus of 'Glanfaidh mé?' on Kíla's Luna Park CD? (
www.kila.ie) It was explained (though much more eloquently) that old Irish curses were just bad phrases repeated over and over again like litanies to give the words more power and that this chorus was meant to be the reverse of a curse -- like an explosion of positivity. It's an amazing chorus, but it would make for a terribly painful tattoo! Ádh mór ort!Good luck!
Dia liom
God be with me
Dia leat
God be with you
Dia leis
God be with him
Dia leí
God be with her
Dia leo
God be with them
Dia libh
God be with you (plural)
Dia linn uilig
God be with all of us
Dia dhá réiteach
God resolve