Placename Pronunciations

[JoG2]

Chicago - Chicargo
Londonderry - Derry (a silent London)

[thewobbler]

I doubt there's a single person in the world would say "Clog" the first time they come across it being spelled as "Cloghogue".

[illdecide]

always heard loughall as lough gall until worked in Armagh, they call it lougalll, as if no h in it all.
Have a Scottish colleague, when he started working with us he was sent to a call in Galbally, was quite funny hearing him calling it Gal belly. of course no one corrected him, just laughed at him.

It is Loughgall, not Loughall.

sorry, typo. Hear oul ones refer to Portadown as Portedown all the time too.

Dorty Portydown

[5 Sams]

Meigh. Some say "Mike" others say "My".

[gallsman]

Surely the most ridiculous is people pronouncing Ballinascreen as "Draperstown".

[deiseach]

There's a townland near Tramore called Cloghernagh, pronounced Clurna.

I note there are a few clubs up and down the country that use the name Geraldines, after Lord Edward FitzGerald in the case of the Dublin one, which I would imagine is typical. Do they, or any of the others, pronounce it like the Waterford one: Grr-al-dyns (as opposed to Jur-al-deens)?

[mouview]

What is the correct pronunciation of Kilmacanogue in Wicklow?

A townland in Galway, Boyounagh, is usually pronounced Beev-na

[AZOffaly]

What is the correct pronunciation of Kilmacanogue in Wicklow?

A townland in Galway, Boyounagh, is usually pronounced Beev-na

Kill-mac-an-ig is how I've heard it.

[gallsman]

Kill-ma-can-ug is how I'd do that one!

[Canalman]

What is the correct pronunciation of Kilmacanogue in Wicklow?

A townland in Galway, Boyounagh, is usually pronounced Beev-na

Kill mechanic.

[Orior]

We've an obvious one: Clone-iss instead of Clones

[AZOffaly]

In Offaly a lot of us say 'Tellamore' instead of 'Tullamore'

[DownFanatic]

In Down,

Attical is Att-ee-call.

Have heard outsiders pronounce it Att-ic-kill.

[mouview]

What is the correct pronunciation of Kilmacanogue in Wicklow?

A townland in Galway, Boyounagh, is usually pronounced Beev-na

Kill mechanic.

Ya, heard it said that way, it's why I asked....

[AZOffaly]

What is the correct pronunciation of Kilmacanogue in Wicklow?

A townland in Galway, Boyounagh, is usually pronounced Beev-na

Kill mechanic.

Sorry, that's a much better way of what I was saying. Except I've heard it with the g at the end istead of the c.