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  1. The way that Irish orthography relates to the pronunciation of Irish is not straightforward. This is in part because the orthography represents a fairly abstract level of Irish phonology, as will become clear below. Here we describe the basics of the orthography and how it connects to the phonology/phonetics of the Ulster (Donegal) dialect. 1.

  2. Presently there are three main dialects in the Irish language: Munster (An Mhumháin ), Connnacht (Connachta) also Ulster (Ulaidh) The Munster dialect is spoken mainly in Kerry (Ciarraí) & Muskerry (Múscraí) in the western part of Cork (Contae Chorcai) Connacht dialect is spoken mainly in Connamara (Conamara), the Aran Islands (Oiléain ...

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  4. This thesis presents research into the variety of Irish English spoken in the Múscraí area of County Cork, Republic of Ireland. The focus of the research is to examine phonological features of Irish English which may have been influenced by Irish and how these interact with speakers' levels of Irish fluency and to a lesser extent, to their gender.

  5. Irish Christianity gainedasecurefoothold inIreland during the fifth century, and Ogham (section 26), inspireddoubtless by contactwith the Roman alphabet, is earliest

  6. The orthography of Irish was published in The Dialects of Irish on page 392. ... English Deutsch 0. Subjects Skip section. Browse Publications By Subject ...

  7. Nov 27, 2013 · Three chapters on the lexicon and discourse, syntax, and phonology focus on traditional dialect but also refer to colloquial and vernacular Irish English, the use of dialect in literature, and the modern “standard” language, especially as found in the International Corpus of English (ICE-Ireland).

  8. 2. Collecting data on Irish dialects 134 2.1. Data collection for Samples of Spoken Irish 135 2.2. Sample sentences with lexical sets for Irish 137 3. Features of dialects 144 3.1. Isoglosses in Irish dialectology 145 3.2. Differences in scope between dialects 150 3.2.1. Metathesis 151 3.2.2. Epenthesis 153 3.2.3. Phonetic palatalisation ...