1. Lenition after iongantach [and millteanach]; 2. i bhfus: On the development from adverb to quaisi-imperative: 'here’ > 'give me’; 3. Tá mé ina shuidhe: On the generalisation of 3rd masc. poss. in ina shuidhe, ina sheasamh, etc. in Ulster and Man.
On the analogical spread of certain verbal endings, some of which gain independent pronominal status, e.g. -(e)as (1 sg.); -(a)is, -(a)inns, -(a)ir, -tí, -f(a)í (2 sg.); (-)mar, -(e)amuid, -muis(t) (1 pl.); (-)dar, -(a)id, -dís(t) (3 pl.); -f(e)á, -tf(a)í (impers.); -f(e)ar, -(e)adh, -(e)as (impers.) with irregular verbs; -t(e)ars, -th(e)ars, -f(e)ars (impers.).
Contains 15 texts with phonetic transcription recorded in situ from storytellers Peig Sayers and Máire Ruiséal. Complements Oral literature from Dunquin, County Kerry, ed. by H. Wagner and N. Mac Congail, Belfast 1983.
The insertion of -n- before 3 sg. / pl. and 1 pl. possessive adjectives, usually (though not always) following prepositions ending in a vowel. Compare similar insertion of -án- in Cois Fhairrge.