Pronounciation please

EGAR

Can somebody on here tell me how "Seolan" is pronounced, please?

Thank you!

tuisginideach

Is it a name - you have a capital letter for it. The only sinmilar word I know is seolán which means an electric lead and would be pronounced 'show' + 'lawn'.

EGAR

It's the name of Fionn mac Cumhaill dog, the other one was called Bran.

But I have no idea how to pronounce it. Someone from Donegal suggested Sko-lan. Is that correct?

tuisginideach

Is it not Sceolaing then, rather than Seolan? Sceolaing would be pronounced something like 'Sko - ling' (as in the fish)

EGAR

I have no idea, I don't speak Irish and Seolan was the spelling I was given. I googled it to find out how it is spoken and found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Hounds

tuisginideach

I only ever saw it written as SCeolaing - and the 'c' or 'k' sound is slender so it's not just 'sko', as in 'scone' but 'skeo' as in the word 'skite'

EGAR

Thank you very much!!

Bougeoir

'Sceolaing' I'd pronounce it as 'shko-ling' the 'sc' is slender since it is followed by an 'e'.