Basic Irish Letters
| Letter | IPA | Valve Phoneme | Phonetic Example | 
|---|---|---|---|
| a | /a/ | - | father, spa | 
| á | /ɑ:/ | - | call, far | 
| e | /ɛ/ | - | tell, get | 
| é | /e:/ | - | bait, pay | 
| i | /ɪ/ | - | in, hit | 
| í | /i:/ | - | tree, mean, he | 
| o | /ɔ/ | - | tug, wonder | 
| ó | /o:/ | - | roll, toe, road | 
| u | /ʌ/ | - | good, pull | 
| ú | /u:/ | - | too, rude |