We often have visitors ask about the dialects - differences, similarities etc. I thought this might be useful as a quick reference. Obviously, it doesn't discuss it all in a deep and meaningful way, but it seems to give the bones of it.

http://www.101languages.net/irish/dialects.html

I like the quote at the top of the page too - "To have another language is to possess a second soul." ~Charlemagne
We have a few of multi-souled creatures hanging around here!

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Interesting article. I'm surprised that they didn't mention that the reason emphasis often falls on a syllable other than the first one in Munster is that Munster emphasizes accented syllables. The way they left it makes is sound kind of haphazard.

Redwolf

It just basically copied and pasted Wikipedia . We don't say "Bhíomar" in Munster, we say Bhíomair, with the final "a" sounding like a "u".

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As opposed to...? I am trying to picture someone pronouncing bhíomar with a crisp "a" sound?

The big difference is the Standard uses a broad r for that form, but Munster Irish uses a slender r. In fact I don't think any living dialect says Bhíomar, but I think Southern Clare Irish did before it died out.

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

AH, that explains it. GRMA