Munster Dialects

By Ava, Áine, Andrea, Rachel and

 Map of Munster

• Munster (in Irish: An Mhumhain ) is the most

southern of the historical provinces of the
island of Ireland. It consists of the six countries
of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and
Warerford.
• The name of the province derives from the
Celtic god Muma. Formerly it was divided into
three kingdoms: Ormond to the east,
Desmond to the south and Thomond to the
north.
• The three crowns of the flag represent these
three kingdoms.
 Taispeánann Stair
na Mumhan
• Canúint na Mumhan is one of the most
prominent in Ireland.

• It is spoken predominately within Clare,

Cork, Kerry,
Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.
 Eolas - Information
• Cúige Mumhan or Munster

• Canúint na Mumhan is mainly spoken

in Kerry, Ring near Dungarva,
Waterford, Muskerry and Cape Clear
Island in Cork.

Canúint na Mumhan • The stress is put on the second part of

Kerry
Waterford the syllable, where in Connacht and
Muskerry Ring
Ulster it is on the first syllable.

Cape Clear Island

Na Gaeltachtaí

• Tá 14,408 ina chonaí sna Gaeltachtaí ó Mumhain.

10,407 daoine sna Gaeltachtaí ag caint Gaeilge gach lá.
• Tá á lan Gaelatchaí sa Mhumhain. Seo é Co.Ciarraí,
Co.Corcaigh agus Co.Port Larige. Cuimsíonn siad 14.3%
de na daorna Gaeltacht in Éirinn
• Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht níos mó i Mhumain. Tá sé
suite in iarthar an Ciarraí.
• Gaeltachtí is mó a thaitníonn le daoine sin a Coláiste
Íde sa Daingean agus Coláiste Cholumba
an Co.Corcaigh.
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Some typical features of Canúint na Mumhan are:

1. Personal endings instead of pronouns with verbs

"I must" = Caithfead while other dialects = Caithfidh
mé
"I was and you were" = Bhíos agus bhís but Bhí mé
agus bhí tú in other dialects.

2. Stress is often on the second syllable of a word

e.g. bio-RÁN instead of BIO-rán used in Connacht and
Ulster.
 • https://www.101langu • https://ga.wikipedia
ages.net/irish/dialects. .org/wiki/Gaeilge_n
html a_Mumhan

Ár dtagairtí
Our References
• http://www.smo.u • Focloir.ie • Wikipedia
hi.ac.uk/gaeilge/gr • /Vicipeid
amadach/canuinti.
html
• Udaras.ie
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