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Cathal Mac Coille
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I write for Tuairisc.ie and post in English and Irish. Cyclist. 🎶Ceol. Hurling. Deep down quite shallow. Abuse and disinformation blocked.
Iománaí ar an gclaí. 🟩⬜️🟪
I’m not a phonetics expert, as I’ve explained. Best I can do is thus:
Lock, pronounced lock in Irish-English aka Hiberno-English.
Lough, pronounced Lough in Irish-English aka Hiberno-English.
December 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Phonetics aren’t my area of expertise but, assuming most of us know how to say ‘lock’ correctly, the BBC shipping forecast has ‘lough’ right for people in this part of the world.
At 8.50.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Ix...
BBC Shipping forecast and Area's
YouTube video by Scott Harrison
m.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Thanks.
December 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Great lines. Where from?
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
When everyone is driving an electric car, the M50 will be completely…
the same.
Unless we think about where road madness is leading us.
December 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Other contributors to ‘Kings and Queens of the Road’ include Emer McLysaght, Desmond Morris, martina Devlin, Robert Burns,Alice Taylor, Ciarán Cannon, Flo McSweeney, Tom Doorley, Una Mullally,Frank McDonald, Leanne McDonagh, Paul Johnston, Mairéad Ní Nuadháin, Sheena Wilkinson and Cónal Creedon.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Please make this happen some day soon.
December 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Ní mise a dúirt, ach amháin mar athrá ar theideal leabhair a scríobh an t-iriseoir cáiliúil Claud Cockburn.
December 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM