O Duibhuidhir -- phonetic pronounciation

[Tom O'Dwyer]

Hi,

My son recently gave me a Celtic cross (Tipperary) and it was the impetus to
have me search out my Irish heritage (although I'm fourth generation
Canadian).

I've started with trying to establish our family tree for O'Dwyer and found
that our surname was O Duibhir in Modern Irish and O Duibhuidhir in Gaeilge
(I would have written Gaelic, but I understand that is not correct!). I
have also taken an interest in learning to speak Irish.......much to do.

If someone could provide a phonetic spelling so I can pronounce:

O Duibhuidir

.....I would be grateful. Thanks.

--

Tom O'Dwyer, P.Eng., P.E.
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
email: tod...@ctsoil.com

[Lars Bräsicke]

Tómas Ó Duibhir a scríobh:

> Hi,
>
> My son recently gave me a Celtic cross (Tipperary) and it was the
> impetus to have me search out my Irish heritage (although I'm fourth
> generation Canadian).
>
> I've started with trying to establish our family tree for O'Dwyer and
> found that our surname was O Duibhir in Modern Irish and O
> Duibhuidhir in Gaeilge (I would have written Gaelic, but I understand
> that is not correct!).

A Thómais, a chara,

Ó Duibhir and Ó Dubhuidhir are both Gaeilge/Modern Irish, just a new and
older (pre-reform) spelling.

> I have also taken an interest in learning to
> speak Irish.......much to do.
>
> If someone could provide a phonetic spelling so I can pronounce:
>

> O Duibhuidhir

There's a typo: (the first i is wrong in Dubhuidhir).
And you forgot the accent over Ó
Ó Dubhuidhir / Ó Duibhir, both [o: duvir].
(Though once it must be pronounced something like "dwyer", i.e. with a
consonantal [w] instead of [uv], which is the reason for the anglicised
version.)

Lars

[Einde O'Callaghan]

In school we learned a poem about "Se´n Ó Duibhir a' Ghleanna" - I can't
remember much about it but I recall that we pronounced "Ó Duibhir"
roughly [o: di:r]

Slán, Einde O'Callaghan

[Tom O'Dwyer]

Thank you, Lars and Einde for your trouble in replying. It has been very
interesting to learn the true pronunciation.....and true spelling! :o)

To: Lars, sorry about the improper use of the accent marks.....my ignorance
in this new language (for me) abounds.

Tom

--

Tom O'Dwyer, P.Eng., P.E.
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
email: tod...@ctsoil.com

"Einde O'Callaghan" <einde.oc...@planet-interkom.de> wrote in message
news:b8ikr8$a5nia$1...@ID-93601.news.dfncis.de...

[molloy...@gmail.com]

My name is Duibhir Uí Maolmmhauid.... yes it really is.....2 surnames, one used as forename... Duibhir as you know is Gaelic for Dwyer.

Duibhir = 'Dweer'

[molloy...@gmail.com]

O'Dwyer Family History


“Virtus Sola Nobilitas”

Virtue alone ennobles
Dwyer is an Irish surname from from the Gaelic ó Dubhuir, meaning "black". O'Dwyer in Irish is "O'Duibhir" (pronounced O Dweer), meaning grandson of Duibhir, an ancestor who, by tradition, lived sometime around the tenth century. The exact meaning of the ancestor's name is unknown, though 'black skirt' is one possibility, but the common modern consensus is that it means 'black and dun-coloured' which is thought to refer to Duibhir's hair colouring.