But here’s another hard rule: expect the unexpected. There are three Irish dialects – Connacht, Munster and Ulster – and the way names sound often varies with regions and accents.

It’s important, though, to recognise certain features as aspects of the Ulster dialect. Then you can make your decision as to what extent you want to use them in your own Irish. If you go to ...

The name derives from an old land measure, not from the Irish for “hole”, as you might ... drumlin terrain and “fighting with the local dialect”. The hills and their “wet grass ...