Irish Pronunciation

[_kyri]

I've been doing research on my own surname (which is Irish), and have found an older version of it. I want to use this version for a character (I work at a renaissance festival), but don't know to pronounce it. The name is O'Dulchaointigh, "which comes from the word dulchaointeach, which refers to a satirist". Can anyone help me with this

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[muckefuck]

Actually the spelling is "Ó Dulchaointigh". (Possibly you knew that and just couldn't type capital o-acute.) Irish pronunciation isn't uniform so the name will vary a bit depending on where a speaker is from. According to the Munster standard I learned, it would be ['o:ˌd̪ˠʊlˠə'xɰ̯i:nʲtʲɪɟ]. The main difference between this and the Connacht pronunciation is in the second syllable stress on the second element (Connacht would have initial) and in the final syllable (Connacht would have [tʲi:] if I'm not mistaken).

[roaming]

I once tried to learn Welsh, and am very fond of the sound of Gaelic, especially Scots. I soon learned why the Gaels have a reputation for drinking. And drinking. Because there's no way anyone (especially Americans) can PRONOUNCE any of the words unless one's tongue is loosened up by sufficient quantities of loose juice! ;-P

[muckefuck]

It looks more frightening than it is because of the conventions of phonetic transcription. If you can pronounce Spanish, you can pronounce Irish or Scots-Gaelic[*].

[*] Not to be confused with "Scots", which is a different language entirely.

[roaming]

wow, hey, thanks for that, I had no clue (about Scots being different from Gaelic).

I need a drink now!

[lachan]

... and don't say 'Gaelic' if you mean 'Irish'! ;)

[roaming]

ooh, even better to know. I'm cluefree about these things, so thanks much for the info. (any basic books I should consult before putting size 10 feet into size 9 mouth?)