Alright, so Munster still uses do+ when conjugating verbs in the past tense. Is this confined to one pocket of Munster or is it indicative of all the Munster pockets?

Are there exceptions when it comes to when the particle is used, or do the places that use it use it whenever they are speaking in the past tense?

I am somewhat interested in information specific to An Rinn, as I've read that it is the closest living dialect to my family's native Tipp.

Well, it was originally used everywhere, including Tipperary. The further you go back in time, the closer you get to Classical Irish. I don't have the Ring book, but I would suggest it is like saying "I don't know" and "I do not know" in English. No one will use the full form every time, but then no one uses the colloquial variant all the time either. The works of Peadar Ua Laoghaire show frequent use of do, but he often leaves it out too, especially in front of bhí.

Do is never used in front of several verbs like "feadar" or "fuaras", also "duart", "duas" (I ate) have do incorporated into their stem, so no second do is required.

well, I would imagine that all the regular F and vowel verbs just take the d' which has become the standard all over. I'm interested to know which ones incorporate it already like duart (hadn't heard of duas)...I suppose that any verb that includes it in the past tense form would have to be by definition irregular, so they should be easy to spot because they'll start with D in the past tense.

I'll have to go through my verb book when I get back from work.

Suimiúil.

Comhairle do fuaireas-sa amuigh ar an mbóthar
Ó rógaire sagairt, an seanduine do phósadh
Gur chuma leis siúd ach go méadóinn a phóca
'S go mbeinnse fad a mhairfinn ag brath ar na comharsan'.
An bhfuil an chéad do ina réamhfhocal nó ina mhír bhriathair? Ghlac mé leis i gcónaí gur mír a bhí ann, ach b'fhéidir go raibh dul amú orm.

Réamhfhocal, dar liom.

Ag tagairt don Chomhairle.

D'fheadfaí é scríobh ar mhalairt slí

Fuaireas-sa comhairle amuigh ar an mbóthar.

Oops! Gabh mo leithscéal. Ní hé "réamhfhocal" gur chóir dom a scríobh ar chor ar bith, ach "mír choibhneasta." Bhí speabhraídí orm.

Is amhlaidh nach bhfuil a fhios agam cé acu seo atá ann:

"Do fuaireas-sa comhairle" (ach curtha in ord eile mar a deir tú - tarlaíonn a leithéid scaití in amhráin)

nó

"[Is é an] comhairle do fuaireas-sa" ("do" = "a" sa gCaighdeán)

N'fheadar.

Cuireann ceisteanna dá shórt tinneas cinn orm má ním iarracht macnamh orthu!

Fágfad faoi aos ghramadaí é.