(O) Gaffigan (Gavigan) - Ó Gáifeacháin (old spelling Ó Gaibhtheacháin)

Ó Gaibhtheacháin
Oh GAFF-ukh-awñ (or GAV-ukh-awñ)
/o: gæfəxɑ:n´/ (/o: gæw´əxɑ:n´/

Slender bh is normally a v sound but the th (an h sound) often causes devoicing of the preceding consonant, changing the v sound to a harder f sound, hence the two anglicizations Gaffigan and Gavigan.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Little (phonetic) typo:



Oh GAFF-ukh-awñ

In Ulster we'd say "oh GAH-fah-hahn", I think

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

GRMA, a Lughaidh.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).