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IU.

101. In this digraph the “i” is always a glide, and “u” in the vowel; so that its sound is simply u (short) preceded by a slender consonant (Ulster, Munster and Connaught).

piuc				fiuċaḋ	fiuċaim
fliuċ				triuċ	tiuġ (ġ=ḃ in M.)
indiu	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	pr. inniuḃ, M.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Siuḃán	iuċair
		pr. inniú, C.

AO.

102. This digraph has simply the sound of é preceded and followed by a broad consonant. After labials the sound resembles “wé.”

aos	baos	aonar
gaol	caol	saor
daor	gaoṫ	caoċ
maol	baoġal (=baol)	maor
faoḃar (=faor)	Aoḋ	paor
glaoḋ	taoḃ	saoṫar
aon	aonaċ	aosta
aol	daol	laoġ
baoṫ	caor	caoraċ
but caora=cuíre.

In Ulster ao is pronounced like ö in German, but ú is also frequently heard.

EÁ.

103. This digraph has not quite so open a sound as the “á” in “lán,” “bán,” &c, nor so flat a sound as