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Ade · **Posted:** Sun 30 Nov 2025 11:11 pm

djwebb2021 wrote:

Yes, and Tyrone has become a general Christian name - I mean, used by people in the Anglophone world who don't necessarily have any Irish ancestry they know of - and the pronunciation tye-rohn is reinforced by that. Quite a few dogs are called Tyrone.

I suspect that characters in Coronation Street are even more responsible for enforcing that pronunciation in Ireland. :LOL:

Maidhc · **Joined:** Sun 17 Aug 2025 6:58 am **Posts:** 11

djwebb2021 wrote:

A great channel and a great find: Learn Real Gaeilge at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EixAZR1Pnv4

He is learning Muskerry Irish, and so I'm going to enjoy his channel. But he pronounces Muskerry in English as Muss Kerry. It is Mooz Gree. If someone knows that the English pronunciation is different, please let me know. As far as I know, it is Mooz Gree in Irish and possibly Moose Cree in English.

This one is on the vowels, but make sure you click on his channel and find the list of all his other videos. They are all good.

I've always pronounced it (from East Cork) and heard it pronounced in English as "MUSS-kree", hearing it as "Muss Kerry" (two words with equal stress) was a bit strange to my ear but maybe its different elsewhere (or maybe that's how people in Muskerry say it, I don't know anyone from there)

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