Irish names/words that foreigners and many Dubs cannot pronounce

[armaghniac]

Laois.  How does that look to English people, I wonder

Clontuskert outside Ballinashloe
All the locals say Cluain Tuaisceart

Why not just change the name to Cluain Tuaisceart and be done with bastardised spelling?

[seafoid]

Kiltimagh

[5 Sams]

Gneeveguilla

[seafoid]

Blacklion in Cavan comes from Bealach Laighin, the road to Leinster . It makes more sense in Irish

[Farrandeelin]

Blacklion in Cavan comes from Bealach Laighin, the road to Leinster . It makes more sense in Irish

Definitely. An Blaic it is now. Such a bastardised version the 'official' language on signposts.

[general_lee]

Blacklion in Cavan comes from Bealach Laighin, the road to Leinster . It makes more sense in Irish

Lovely always wondered where that came from...

A lot of people struggle with Derry..

[armaghniac]

Blacklion in Cavan comes from Bealach Laighin, the road to Leinster . It makes more sense in Irish

It would be even more sense if it said it was the road to Connacht!

[seafoid]

Blacklion in Cavan comes from Bealach Laighin, the road to Leinster . It makes more sense in Irish

Definitely. An Blaic it is now. Such a bastardised version the 'official' language on signposts.

I live quite near Blacklion.  At a stage during the 90s the signposts read "Learga" (An Leargaidh) and the village was known as Largay in days gone by.  I always thought it took the name Blacklion from the Black Lion Inn staging post there.  God only knows what "An Blaic" is!

Bealach sounds more plausible

there is a Bealach Laighean/BlackLion in Greystones

Was Cavan always part of Ulster?

[Canalman]

There is no part of Ireland that should be pronouncing caoimhin as cweeva. Dubs do it all the time.

Conal should never be koenal. Conan should never be koenan as koenan the barbarian

Sorry caoimhe not caoimhin

Always thought Caoimhe pronounced phonetically as Queeva to be honest. How does the rest of the country pronounce it?

[seafoid]

There is no part of Ireland that should be pronouncing caoimhin as cweeva. Dubs do it all the time.

Conal should never be koenal. Conan should never be koenan as koenan the barbarian

Sorry caoimhe not caoimhin

Always thought Caoimhe pronounced phonetically as Queeva to be honest. How does the rest of the country pronounce it?

Up North it's usually Kee-va

The blas is different up North

In Throne Kevin is Kyevin , Cara is Cyara
Oisín is pronounced without the fada , like Ocean in Armagh

etc etc

[Buttofthehill]

Pádraig also causes troubleand Donnacha. I'm thinking of skysports.

[BenDover]

There is no part of Ireland that should be pronouncing caoimhin as cweeva. Dubs do it all the time.

Conal should never be koenal. Conan should never be koenan as koenan the barbarian

Sorry caoimhe not caoimhin

Always thought Caoimhe pronounced phonetically as Queeva to be honest. How does the rest of the country pronounce it?

Up North it's usually Kee-va

The blas is different up North

In Throne Kevin is Kyevin , Cara is Cyara
Oisín is pronounced without the fada , like Ocean in Armagh

etc etc

As Ard mhacha mé - and I'd say Osheen, probably because I have a bit of Irish but haven't heard Ocean

[Hardy]

Pádraig also causes troubleand Donnacha. I'm thinking of skysports.

Donniker O'Calligan.

[muppet]

Michael Ó'Mhuircheartaigh

[5 Sams]

Michael Ó'Mhuircheartaigh

There a few muppets that can't spell either!!