Looking for help with the translation for the phrase: "Everything happens for a reason"

much thanks. Cheers

Scooby recently gave the following translation in another thread (viewtopic.php?f=8&t=315):

Tarlaíonn chuile ní ar chúis éigin

The other thread had specified Connacht Irish but Scooby's version is standard Irish and may suit your purposes better.

Await further confirmation ...

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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).

Thanks. This may show my lack of knowledge but what is the difference between the too, in simple terms :-)
I am looking to get this as a tattoo that will blend with a three leaf clover Irish tattoo.

There are three major dialects of Irish, i.e., Connacht, Munster, and Ulster, as well as an artificial standard.

Each dialect uses slightly different turns of phrase, grammar and pronunciation.

If you have connections to a particular area of Ireland, you may like to get a version in a particular dialect.

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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).

Tarlaíonn gach rud ar chúis éigin

I answered with the above on IGTF a few mins ago...just another way of saying it

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Chief Buffalo Breath
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Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant.

There are a few ways to say "every":

gach

gach uile or chuile (more common in Connemara)

gach aon or achan (more common in Ulster)

Also the word rud is the usual one for "thing" but ní is used more in proverbs and other old sayings.

You could also say:

Tarlaíonn gach ní ar chúis éigin

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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).

We now have two parallel threads going, one here and one at IGTF:

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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).

Thank you everyone for your help in the translation.

So it would appear that "Tarlaíonn gach rud ar chúis éigin" is the confirmed translation.

So how then does this read in Irish? And what is the dialect here?

Thanks again.

Not really. It's more like we've narrowed it down to a few candidates. This request has been made time and again without ever really being resolved (not least of which is because there is more than one correct way to say the same thing.)

For dialect neutrality, I think we can narrow it down to either gach rud or gach ní - and gach ní sounds more proverbial.

Looking closer at the éigin, ar chúis éigin feels like "for some reason" (as in "it doesn't quite feel right for some reason), rather than "for a (particular) reason" (ar chúis áirithe ?).

Having searched the old archives, I found that Gumbi has previously given the following:

Bíonn cúis le gach ní a tharlaíonn

I think it gets around that last problem (as well as using ní instead of rud) and I will second this one.

Await further confirmation ...

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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).

Can anyone confirm the translation "Bíonn cúis le gach ní a tharlaíonn" for the English saying: "Everything happens for a reason"