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 55. In Connaught and Munster is proclitic in  (i.e.,  is not accented, but throws its accent on to the following syllable):

56. The of the singular article  is usually omitted (in pronunciation), unless a vowel immediately precedes or follows, e.g.—

but,, &c), , &c.

When emphatic, however, the is retained—

57. The preposition is usually pronounced  or, though  (from ) is common in Munster.

The of  is not pronounced before verbal nouns beginning with a consonant:—
 * but,
 * but,

If a vowel precedes and a consonant follows, the is suppressed:

or (before verbal nouns)= (generally), the  being always stressed. The  of  on the contrary is never stressed.

In the compounds of with the personal pronouns