How to pronounce Conall

TomeeTipee · 07-11-2019 10:32pm #1

Hi, can anyone help with the correct pronunciation of the name Conall? I've heard it as both cun-all (sounds like tunnel) and con-all like the beginning of Conor.

Are both correct depending on dialect?? Or is one right & the other wrong?

Thanks for any help!

dubhthach · 08-11-2019 11:14am

'Cun-all'

https://forvo.com/word/conall/#ga

You hear the same with Connacht/Connachta for example here is a native speaker from Conamara

https://forvo.com/word/connachta/#ga

Conamara itself:
https://forvo.com/word/conamara/

On wikipedia they give following for rules regarding 'o'

/ʊ/ before n, m Donncha /ˈd̪ˠʊn̪əxə/ (man's name), cromóg /ˈkɾˠʊmˠoːɡ/ "hooked nose"

'con-all' strikes me as a Hiberno-Englishism

TomeeTipee · 21-11-2019 9:45pm

dubhthach wrote: »

'Cun-all'

https://forvo.com/word/conall/#ga

You hear the same with Connacht/Connachta for example here is a native speaker from Conamara

https://forvo.com/word/connachta/#ga

Conamara itself:
https://forvo.com/word/conamara/

On wikipedia they give following for rules regarding 'o'

/ʊ/ before n, m Donncha /ˈd̪ˠʊn̪əxə/ (man's name), cromóg /ˈkɾˠʊmˠoːɡ/ "hooked nose"

'con-all' strikes me as a Hiberno-Englishism

Thanks for the helpful reply & sorry for the delay in replying!

An gal gréine · 22-11-2019 5:41pm

In Ulster you do have the Con-ell pronunciation more than the "tun-ell" one.
"Corcaigh" would be the same (not "cur-cai)
"Colm" the same (not Culm")

An gal gréine · 22-11-2019 5:45pm

Where "Cónal" as a pronunciation comes from I don't know.
It's new and not in any Gaeltacht I have been in.

How to pronounce Conall

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