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Exiles Of Eire's Pronounciation Guide

7/4/2020

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Exiles Of Eire was born out of my love of Irish myths. There's a lot of great stories in there of heroes and epic romances (my favorite of which is "The Wooing Of Etain"). The gods and goddesses turned under-the-hill dwellers have a lot of amazing adventures at all stages of their history.

The thing is, if you don't know the Irish language, Irish Gaelic, pronouncing things can be tricky. It's beautiful to listen to (isn't any language when you don't understand the words?), but the way to say things can be pretty far away from English sometimes. And no language stays the exact same over time. So finding the old Irish way of saying the terms can be even trickier.

So without further ado, here's my interpretation of how to say these in the Exiles Of Eire/Fae Underground universe (as accurately as I could manage*).

​IMPORTANT TERMS:
Aos Si - EES SHEE
Bean Sidhe - BAHN-SHEE
Dagda’s Cauldron - DAGH-dha’s Cauldron
Fomor - FOV-or
Lia Fail (Stone of Destiny) - LEE-a FAWL
Nuada’s Sword (Sword of Light) - NOO-adh-a’s Sword
Ogham - OH-yum
Spear of Lugh - Spear of LOO


PEOPLE:
Aengus Mac Og - ANG-gehs mac OHg
Aine - AWN-ya
Aoife - EE-fa
Bres - BRESS
Brigid - BRIGH-id
Bodb Derg - BODH-uv DER-ug
Cliona - KLEE-u-na
Daire - DAW-ra
Etain - AY-teen
Fand - FANN
Fergal - FEHR-guhl
Finvarra - FIN-VAH-rah
Fuamnach - FOO-ahm-nock
Ilbreac - ILL-breck
Manannan Mac Lir - MAN-ann-ahn mac LYEE-r
Midir - MIDH-ar
Riona - REE-oh-nah
Una - OO-nah
​

PLACES:
Eire - EY-ra
Tir Na Nog - TEER na nOHg
Laigan - LAYN
Cill Dara - SILL DAW-ra
Midhe - MEEDH-uh
Bri Leith - BREE LEYTH
Bru Na Boinne - BROO na BOYN
Tara - TEH-rah
Mumhan - MOUN
Connacht - KAHN-awt
Cruachan - KROO-a-khuhn
Uliad - UL-idh
Emain Ablach - EH-vin AH-vlack

*Thankfully, there's this very nice beginner's guide that helped me through the process of making this!
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