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When a vowel follows, h is prefixed; as, go h-áit, to a place. When the article follows, go is never used, but do’n (dhŭn) is used = “to the”; as, do’n áit, to the place. (See § 62).
§ 115. The preposition “in” is translated by in; as, in Éirinn, in Ireland.
Note.—In the spoken language the n is pronounced as if belonging to the following words: as, i n-Éirinn (ă naer′-in).
§ 116. Arán, im, agus cáise. Atá cáise folláin. Atá cáise gann in Éirinn. Níl Conn O Flannagáin in Éirinn; atá sé ag Cill-dara fós. Atá an túirne ar an urlár. Ní’l an túirne láidir. Ní’l Peadar ag dul ó áit go h-áit, atá sé in Éirinn. Súiste agus túirne. Atá súiste ar an urlár. Atá an sáile láidir. Níl sé ag dul go Cill-dara.
§ 117. The wool and the spinning-wheel are at the door. Leave the wool at the spinning-wheel. The wool is soft; the wheel is broken. I am not going to the place. Stay in Ireland yet. Leave the horse and the mare at the well. Conn O’Hartigan is not in Ireland. The salt-water is not sweet. The ship and the big boat are on the salt-water, going to Ireland. I am not going to Ireland. I am going with Conn O’Finegan.
