Message: "Pronounciation of Cuchulainn"

Pronounciation of Cuchulainn

by Jenna (Jenna R)

7/18/2005, 2:49 PM

I've heard Cuchulainn (Irish, masc.) pronounced both "koo-HOO-lin: and "koo-COH-lin" by two Irish people. Which pronounciation is correct, or which is most common?

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- Granuaile (guest) +1

7/19/2005, 3:52 PM

Both are correct.They are dialect variants. Koo-HUL-in is how it is said in Ulster/Donegal Irish;Koo-CUL-in in Connaught/Galway Irish.Further South ,In Kerry it's more Koo-CHUL-in but this difference would only be obvious to someone used to the different accents.

- Jenna (Jenna R)

7/20/2005, 3:35 PM

Thanks!

- poppylena +2

7/18/2005, 11:15 PM

In the Pogues song it's pronounced koo-KUH-lin but I don't know how correct that is.

~Louise x

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- Delma (imoyro) +1

7/19/2005, 3:32 AM

Yep, it's koo-KUH-lin or more precisely, koo-KHUH-lin.

- poppylena

7/19/2005, 12:04 PM

Thank you. I wasn't so sure.

~Louise x

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- Seda* (Sedalyn)

7/18/2005, 8:02 PM

Are they dialect differences, perhaps?
I say the latter pronunciation myself, but that doesn't mean I'm right or that the other is wrong.

-Seda*

- Mariah (guest) +2

7/18/2005, 5:58 PM

I've always heard it pronounced "cue-KAH-lain" myself, so I don't think I can help you clarify it. :-)

- Jenna (Jenna R) +1

7/18/2005, 8:13 PM

Thanks anyway! He was the hero of an old epic, so it's likely that no one really knows how his name was pronounced.

- Chrisell

7/18/2005, 9:48 PM

Lol, actually . . .

He was the hero of an old epic that was passed down through oral history, so there almost certainly is an existing, correct pronunciation.

♦ Chrisell ♦

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