Yeah, conas atá tú is a purely standardised form.

Right, I suspected as much.

Gumbi, which do people use more "Conas atánn tú?" or "Conas taoi?"

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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).

I'm almost sure it's "Conas (a)tánn tú".
I had a teacher from Muskerry who told me that "Conas (a)taoi" was sometimes used in Muskerry.

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

Okay, fixed above. (Let me know if I've missed anything.)

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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 for your information and support! I will find out where my Grandfather came from. I will start
studying and practicing this language! I work a full schedule but I am excited to have this chance! Again
Thanks!

I've managed to get hold of a copy of 'Teach Yourself Irish' by Myles Dillon and Donncha Ó Cróinín (1961) where they give the conjugaison of the present of the verb "to be" as follows -
Sg 1 táim
2 táir, taoi, tá tú (with the footnote that tann tú,and tánn sibh are common colloquial forms)
3 tá sé
Pl 1 táimíd
2 tá (tánn) sibh
3 táid, táid siad
and how are you? is given as Conas taoi?

Thanks, Franc, that could be because the book is based on the Muskerry dialect. I am not sure. Conas taoi? does seem more distinctive.

We should check with some more Munster people. (I was only going on Lughaidh's suggestion but he's an Ulster speaker. )

Gumbi and other Munster speakers, what are your thoughts on Conas taoi? versus Conas tánn tú? Is one more prevelant or preferable than the other?

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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).

In the introduction, they say - The dialect chosen for this book is that of West Munster, as it is phonetically the simplest, and it is closest to the language of the Munster poets of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, who best represent the last survival of the old literary tradition. - They then go into a long explanation about literary and spoken forms, but they do urge the reader to go to Coolea or Ballinskelligs or Ballyferriter or Dunquin.

I should have mentioned that both my Grandfathers came from Ireland. My Grandfather on my Mothers sides surname is Cellan and my surname is Sullivan which would have been O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan I believe translates
out to son of one eyed. My brother has done research on our family. I am hoping he will be able to help me in
finding our county of origin in Ireland. My wife and I (mo anam cara) are both interested in this study!

According to MacLysaght’s Surnames of Ireland, the Ó Súileabháin family originated in Tipperary, but they were pushed west during the Norman era, to Cork and Kerry, where they are numerous on both sides of the border between those counties, at the southwestern end of the island. MacLysaght says that it is clear that the first part of the name comes from súil ("eye"), but that there is disagreement as to the meaning of the latter part of the name.

By the way, the term you used should be m'anamchara, and some people feel that it is an inappropriate way to say "my soul mate" (I'm guessing that's what you meant), and instead refers more properly to one's spiritual adviser (that's how the main FGB dictionary defines it). Others disagree with that position, at least in modern Irish, and you will see anamchara used for "soul mate" at times. There have been some lively debates on this and another forum about the usage of the term.

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