This has to be the most unfortunate Irish language tattoo ever

An image of an unfinished tattoo featuring writing ‘as Gaeilge’ is sparking debate on social media.

This has to be the most unfortunate Irish language tattoo ever

Scrawled across an image of a large cross with a celtic design, the tattoo reads: ‘An bhfuil cead agam dul go dti an leithreas’. The image features the caption: “My new unfinished piece of back art, it says in gaelic ‘you will forever be in my heart.’”

The Irish phrase translates as, ‘Can I go to the toilet’ and is familiar to many people from their school days. The picture has sparked an online debate as to whether the image is authentic or a hoax.

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