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| fial | ciall | triall |
| grian | Brian | rian |
| pian | siad | iad |
| siar | riaṁ | Liam |
| Dia | biaḋ | mian |
(a) Dia (used with Luain, Máirt, &c.) = Dé.
(b) In the phrase “dia ḃeaṫa-sá,” dia = dé.
(c) Cia is pronounced (and now usually written) cé.
UA.
111. In this digraph, as in the last, both vowels are distinctly heard, but “u” gets the stress of the voice, and has its long sound—viz., ú; a has its unstressed value (M. U. and C).
| cuan | gual | fuar |
| suas | anuas | luaṫ |
| luaċ | fuaċt | uasal |
| cluas | uaċtar | buaċaill |
| cuaċ | scuab | ċualas |
| bruaċ |
(a) Ua in surnames = Ó (ú in Kerry, sometimes): Ua Dálaiġ.
(b) In Munster ua in the words nuaḋ and nuaḋaċt is pronounced ó: ḃfuil aon scéal nuaḋ (= nó) agat?
112. The digraphs ái, aí, ói, ío, úi, and íu present no difficulty as the vowel carrying the síneaḋ always gets its full long value, and the other vowel is a mere glide.
