Gaeilge Pronunciations
 
Gaeilge (Irish)

Sinn Fein 

Bodhran 

Sidhe 

Gaeilge 

Tuatha De Danaan 

Slainte 

Taoiseach 

Cead mile failte 

Cuchulainn

Bean sidhe 

English (Bearla)

SHIN FAYNE 

BOW (as in the front of a ship or what you do when you meet royalty) RON (as in the name) 

SHEE 

GAEL IGH 

TOOAY DUH DANUN 

SLAWN SHU 

TEE SHUCK 

KAYD MELAH FAWL SHU 

KOO HUXLAN  the X being pronounced like the ch in loch or Bach

BANSHEE (when people in Ireland talk of fairies et al. they say the Sidhe & Bean means woman)

Gaelic is the English form of the word Gaeilge which means in Irish = Irish & Irish is the official language of Ireland not Gaelic & Not Irish Gaelic either.  It is in Irish -Gaeilge or in English- Irish.  And what they speak in Scotland is called Scots Gaelic in English & Albannach or Gaeilge in Scottish (although I'm not sure if albannach is still used) & in Scotland it is pronounced Gallic as in the French descriptive word.  The final sound being much harder & much more pronounced than in the Irish.  Of course all 3 of the Goidelic languages are called Gaelic in English, but not in their own tongues.
 
 

Thanks to Seamas for the pronounciations and other info!

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