Placename Pronunciations

[ONeill]

McCooeys say ck for many h sounds in words.
Garvacky Road, Dinny Cackle, Dunfanacky, Banacker.

Why is that?

[general_lee]

Moira... Moy-ra if your Protestant (or posh)... Mire-ah if you're not.

[nrico2006]

Moira... Moy-ra if your Protestant (or posh)... Mire-ah if you're not.

I am neither a Protestant or posh and I call it Moy-ra.

I have heard a lot of Catholics calls Maghera and Magherafelt Machera and Macherafelt.

[nrico2006]

I used to call Waringstown Waaringstown but now I call it  Werringstown like I am supposed to.

[MoChara]

The older generation round my way say Bell-Fast like two separate words

[Clov]

Meigh in south Armagh - "Mike"

[Clov]

Attical in the Mournes - 'A-ti-cauuul'

[Hoof Hearted]

maghaberry

[general_lee]

I'm guessing that's why Moira gets Mire-ah , Maigh Rath as gaeilge.

[AZOffaly]

Some of the pronunciations down around South Kerry are not exactly intuitive either. In fact in some cases you can see roadsigns with different spellings on them for the same place. I presume that's because they were asked the name of a place, and the person spelled it as they heard it.

Aghatubrid is pronounced Aw-Tubrid
Ballaghasheen os pronounce Blockasheen
Ballinskelligs is pronounced BanSkelligs

[Hardy]

On a slightly related note a lot protestants seem to pronounce Maghera and Magherafelt as Mackera and Mackerafelt.

Have heard Markrafelt, said like Markrafelt.

Also its Mullaghmore not Mullackmore isn't it?

Fugh that.

[Rossfan]

If the Normans/English/Brits hadn't bastardised our lovely Gaeilge placenames with phonetic efforts of spelling we'd  be able to figure out how to pronounce them correctly.

[BennyCake]

Moortin' - Moortown
Co'liland - Coalisland
Thon bigoted Unionist hellhole - Lisburn

[nrico2006]

Only recently realised I say Lisburn wrong, I've always pronounced it Lizburn.

[illdecide]

Only recently realised I say Lisburn wrong, I've always pronounced it Lizburn.

Or as we in Lurgan call it...Lizbourne