# Irish/Gaelic speakers - how do you pronounce this name?

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**Created:** [December 4, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-gaelic-speakers-how-do-you-pronounce-this-name/562897 "2010-12-04T02:59:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-gaelic-speakers-how-do-you-pronounce-this-name/562897/21 "2010-12-15T02:46:38Z")

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> [@An\_Gadai](#):
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> I consulted my fluent cousin and her native speaking husband and they inform me it is pronounced “Dulaí”, i.e. like the anglicised Dooley.

I don’t know Gaelic, but before I saw this post I thought “I bet it was Anglicized as Dooley” based on the IPA description given above.

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