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School: St Peter's, Phibsboro

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Phibsborough, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Ss. Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0799, Page 188

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  1. Local Pronunciation of Certain Surnames

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    Surnames
    Broomfield District, Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan
    Cunningham: always pronounced as 'Kinyehan' - ''Kin'yehan' a hard 'k' with the accent on kin. k=c (in Irish) really pronounced as Chun´ye han (accent on Chuin).
    Keenan:- pronounced as 'Kinan'
    Callan: pronounced as 'Caulan' with the accent on the first syllable
    Caulfield: pronounced as 'Caw'fill'
    Mac Bride
    MacMahon - Mac is pronounced as 'Muc'
    Woods:- pronounced as 'Widds'
    Hanratty:- pronounced as 'Hanarty'
    MacArdle:- 'MacCárril'
    Sherry:- pronounced as Sharry
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    J. Walsh
    Gender
    Male