Ó Cuív Brian. The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork

The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1998. — 87 p.The present work is an attempt to make available an accurate description of the phonology of the Irish of the barony of West Muskerry in Co. Cork. This barony extends roughly from the Kerry border and the Pass of Keimaneigh in the west to Macroom in the east, and from the barony of Duhallow in the north to the barony of East Carbery in the south. At present Irish as the native language is confined mainly to parts of the parishes of Ballyvourney, Inchigeelagh, Clondrohid, and Kilnamartery. The district of Coolea in the parish of Ballyvourney, which has been chosen as a centre for this study, is within a few miles of the Kerry border, but speakers from other districts, particularly the Ballingeary district, have also been examined. Most of what is said here of the Irish of Coolea applies to the dialect of West Muskcrry in general, and indeed much of it applies to the Irish of Munster as a whole.