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Figuring out a local Conemara word/phrase

  • 24-11-2019 2:52pm
    #1
    Rex Manning
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    Hiya,

    I remember years ago hearing a phrase for "come here" in Conemara that was something like guile (pronounced something like gull-ya).

    Any idea what it is? Never heard in anywhere else

    GRMA!
    Rex


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  • #2
    Insect Overlord
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    I think you're looking for the phrase "gabh i leith", which would sound like the one you posted if you say it quickly enough.


  • #3
    hullaballoo
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    Yep, it's "gabh i leith" and kind of a gutteral noise more than a phrase ha. I would pronounce it gwill-eh.


  • #4
    Rex Manning
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭Rex Manning


    That's great, thats exactly it!

    Guess it's not local to just conemara?


  • #5
    hullaballoo
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    Rex Manning wrote: »
    That's great, thats exactly it!

    Guess it's not local to just conemara?
    I learned Irish on the Aran Islands so it would be Connemara Irish. However, iirc, I learned that specific phrase and its pronunciation from a Dubliner from Coláiste Eoin.


  • #6
    topper75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,942 ✭✭✭topper75


    I remember hearing this a lot on the Ros na Rún soap opera and going eagerly to the dictionary to look up 'goile', to no avail. :-)


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  • #7
    Insect Overlord
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    topper75 wrote: »
    I remember hearing this a lot on the Ros na Rún soap opera and going eagerly to the dictionary to look up 'goile', to no avail. :-)

    Must be like coming to Limerick and hearing "Come 'ere I wancha" for non-English speakers. :D


  • #8
    An gal gréine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 941 ✭✭✭An gal gréine


    The Ulster equivalent is 'Goitse'...from Gabh anseo.


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