hello! I have been planning on getting a tattoo for a while now, and would like to have the phrase in Connacht Irish. the phrase is "Live to create, Create to live" any help would be greatly appreciated! thank you!

Mair chun a chruthú; Cruthaigh chun a mhaireachtáil!

The verbs cruthaigh and mair each have other meanings, though, so this could also be understood other ways, including:
"[Survive/Endure/Live] to [create/testify]; [Create/Testify] to [survive/endure/live]!"

A possibility which would eliminate most of the ambiguity, and which still has a nice rhythm:
Mair chun rudaí a chruthú; Cruthaigh [rudaí] chun a bheith beo!
"Live/Survive to create things; Create [things] to be alive!"
I think the word "things" (rudaí in Irish) could be left out in the second clause, since the ambiguity would be removed by the first clause.

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.

thank you so much for your response! i appreciate it. (: is there anyway you could tell me how to pronounce that? lol
again, thank you!

Not sure chun is used much in that way in Connemara. I'd be more inclined to use le instead:

Mair le cruthú; cruthaigh le maireachtáil.

Await further input ...

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