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 two different consonants (one may be silent owing to aspiration) the pronunciation is generally.

(b) When followed by or another consonant and slender vowel the sound is usually  in Munster, but in Connaught the pronunciation is  in almost all cases, excepting rule (a).

(c) In many words rules (a) and (b) will conflict, the pronunciation is then variable. In the following list the letters in brackets give the sound of the :—

97. followed by a protected liquid =  in Desmond, but î in Desi.