How to pronounce "Clodagh"

@ astro-rabbit. I'm not sure if any Irish-speaker would know where to start giving a list of rules on pronunication, unless they happen to be a teacher! We've had it drummed into us between the age of 4 and 18, I don't even remember how we learned the pronunciation. Then we promptly forget everything after leaving school. If there's any people here who speak Irish as their first language, maybe they'd be better able to give an explanation.

In the meantime, here's a few bits with some crude simplifications

bh is pronounced v (there's no v in the Irish language)
e.g. leanbh = " lan - uh -v"

í is pronounced eeeeee, like speak
é is pronounced ay, like day
á is pronounced as aw, like dog
t has different pronounciations depending on the location and what letter follows it
It can be a soft t with a hint of a h afterwards (e.g. thought) , or sometimes a hard t ( e.g thought)

Ok that's enough for today - go to an Irish pub for further lessons!

Do they have direct connections to Ballymahon now

Well after they opened the international airport at Ballymore 'tis only a schtones hop away so it is.

Here's another one, while we're on the topic.

I play a slip jig called Caitlin ni Aodha. How's the last name pronounced?

Ay-dah. It's the girls version of the Gaelic for Hugh, Aodh, pronounced Ay-yadh.

I've always heard it pronounced like the english letter "A".

I've never met a girl with that name who pronounces it as "A" pure. The 2 I have pronounced it "Aydha" and they were mates/colleagues of my brother whose name is Aodh, which is Ayeddh or Ay-yadh phonetically. You know the mad difference between Donegal Irish and Kerry Irish, it may play a role here in the pronunciation.

Ah no! I fly into Abbeyshrule. The security is less strict there.
...and the lads in the tower know me. Fewer problems when the
pilot can radio "Tadhg, I'm coming in with garibaldi and a few others".
Goldsmith used to use it too!

Is that still just a field or have they actually put in a runway there?

It's pronounced KLAADAH- K as in "key (K.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"

You can hear the pronunciation in mp3 at this page on the meaning of Clodagh.

Maybe it's my laptop speakers but whatever is being said in that sound file sure as shite doesn't sound like Clodagh. Can't follow the pronunciation guide either. The AA as in "odd (AA.D)" makes no sense.

It is, as was stated at the beginning of the thread, simply pronounced as Clo-da. As Crusoe said, "Clo" (as used in the word 'close') and then "da".

Keydeck, it's the ould obfuscation caused by the Mercan accent, so it is.

Jaysus, hasn't he the great Irish for an American.