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the accent falls on the second syllable in Munster. The a in second syllable in agam, agat, aca, although stressed = second a in “capall.”
58. As the student has now learned the rules which govern the position of the tonic accent, we shall introduce words of more than one syllable. In these exercises the words are not classified according to the vowel sounds, as in the first set of exercises.
| (1) | capall | molfar | ólta | cara |
| balla | fada | púca | míle | |
| sróna | faca | sonas | dúnann | |
| dada | tugann | cóta | tobar | |
| Nóra | sona | ólann | olann | |
| donas | píbe | mire | mílte | |
| cuma | solas | Síle | scilling |
| (2) | cipín | casóg | barróg | arán |
| garsún | scadán | casán | casúr | |
| Tomás | ordóg | bradán | sparán | |
| marcaċ | bacaċ | tobac | salaċ | |
| sólás | dólás | plámás | bagún | |
| píbín | púcóg | súgán | bábóg | |
| tógann | árdán | curtar | droma | |
| rugas | fola | ólfar | fásann | |
| ólgar | fanann | dúnta | Éire | |
| púnta | gála | mála | dáta |
| (3) | codanna | amadán | ridire |
| bádóra | dromanna | Sasana | |
| amanna | gigilim | píbíní | |
| cipíní | scamall | sagart |
