Caidé mar a thá sibh, cúpla ceist:

1. Note on Aonghus: Erris: [uni:s] (p. 149, Erris)

2. (p. 157, Erris) féin -used in verse and song, héin normally, péin after m of personal pronouns

3. stone mason: saor cloiche ('free mason'?)

4. 'uaim' mada 'wem' to stop triphthong developing? '[uai]'

5. aghaidh = [@i@] to stop to potential [@i@j] quadrothong that would develop other wise?

6. Fianna Fáil (fál) : 'soldiers of Ireland' (poetic?)

7. Piece on irish gaelic translator "Ahem. She was from Mayo - so let's not Ulstrify this any more than absolutely necessary, all right? Smile"

"le claíomh is bladhm
leh CLIVE iss BLIME"

Would mh be v in Mayo. That is not supported by books. is that the case now?

Well, I'm responsible for the bit on IGT (#7 on your list). I was mostly trying to get the vowel sounds in "claíomh" and "bladhm" right for Connacht Irish; the suggestion preceding mine had them as 'í' and 'é' respectively.

As I clarified later on in that discussion, the way I'd actually pronounce the word myself is with two syllables and a slender mh (which AFAIK is 'v' in Mayo - isn't it?), as "claidhmhe" (pl. "claidhmhí").

I don't know how far north that pronunciation extends though. The "she" in question was Gráinne Ní Mháille so I suppose you'd want Clare Island pronunciation if possible.