# Leinster Ireland - how to pronounce? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 29, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leinster-ireland-how-to-pronounce/847199 "2020-01-29T23:59:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leinster-ireland-how-to-pronounce/847199/1 "2020-01-29T23:59:36Z")
Is Leinster pronounced “Leenster” or “Linster”? Or something else? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leinster-ireland-how-to-pronounce/847199/2 "2020-01-30T00:10:49Z")
Something else. An Irish male here: > **[Leinster pronunciation: How to pronounce Leinster in English](https://forvo.com/word/leinster/)** > > Pronunciation guide: Learn how to pronounce Leinster in English with native pronunciation. Leinster translation and audio pronunciation ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leinster-ireland-how-to-pronounce/847199/3 "2020-01-30T00:11:13Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Is Leinster pronounced “Leenster” or “Linster”? Or something else? Seems like “Lenster” if [this sample from an Irish bloke](https://forvo.com/word/leinster/#en) is to be believed. ETA: [Also from this pronunciation](https://youtu.be/THqeeRSDt1g?t=67) on a Youtube video of a rugby event in Leinster. ETA 2: Damn, got ninja’d on the first cite! ---
**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leinster-ireland-how-to-pronounce/847199/4 "2020-01-30T01:50:13Z")
It’s “Lennster” except that the title “Duke of Leinster” has its own pronunciation (of course!), which is more like “Linnster” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leinster-ireland-how-to-pronounce/847199/5 "2020-02-01T01:06:41Z")
Thanks, all. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leinster-ireland-how-to-pronounce/847199/6 "2020-02-01T23:22:35Z")
So, it’s the same as Leicester…makes perfect sense 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leinster-ireland-how-to-pronounce/847199/7 "2020-02-01T23:41:00Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > So, it’s the same as Leicester…makes perfect sense 🙂 I was at the Leinster Leicester rugby cup final in 2009. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leinster-ireland-how-to-pronounce/847199/8 "2020-02-03T22:28:39Z")
A few miles from where I live is a small town called Alcester. Many people who know about these things will be aware that the ‘ce’ in the middle is usually silent as in ‘Worcester’ pronounced Worcster so Alcester should be pronounced Alster, but it isn’t, at least not by a good many locals who will tell you that they live in Al-cest-er.