My personal opinion is that it's the later.

(Note: I should say in the leite example, the person who corrected me to práiseach was messing a bit, i.e. probably knew that it was a bit funny for people up and down the road to have two different words).

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal