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 sound results. This must not be confounded with eclipsis, which happens only to the initial consonant of a word.
 * or (in Co. Meath), pr.  or
 * or (in Co. Meath), pr.  or
 * or (in Co. Meath), pr.  or
 * or (in Co. Meath), pr.  or
 * or (in Co. Meath), pr.  or

129. When a word ends in, the is silent before an inflection beginning with —e.g.,

130. In Ulster, or  final following a liquid (or vowel) in monosyllables is silent, but it lengthens the helping vowel to

131. In Munster when and  are followed by, they are usually assimilated and become silent, but, nevertheless, a diphthong is developed in the preceding vowel.
 * or
 * or