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there is no V in Irish Language

or a k  (Cill Dara for Kildare)


We do have fada's (accents) on the vowels.

Yes Art thank you.

I used to listen to him on the banks of the Royal Canal on All Ireland day as a kid.

A few of the country cousins have played with him over the years.

I love my trad(music) and my little mission is to keep the music of those lads alive, so i sing most of his songs around the place and some others of that ilk that i can dig up.

I wouldn't ever class myself as a great singer but people seem to love it nonetheless.

I don'r really touch the hoo ha on the tables stuff, mind you i love Luke off course.

While we are on the subject of Gaelic names, I feel it is appropriate to mention the most egregious equine mispronunciation of all time ... I refer of course to the 1967 Grand National winner, Foinavon.

The horse was originally owned by Anne, Duchess of Westminster, and was named after a mountain on her estate in Sutherland (as also were Arkle, Ben Stack and Kinloch Brae ). I spent my boyhood years climbing these peaks.

The correct pronunciation of Foinavon is best represented phonetically as FOON-YA-VINN, with the emphasis on the first syllable.

I do not, however, hold out hopes that the correct pronunciation will start to become widely adopted any time soon.

'A pint of Gu1nness, please.'

'Yeah that's actually pronounced "Please foindle ma bumh" in Gaelic.'