▁a ▁part ▁of ▁Ul ster ). ▁The ▁dialect ▁shared ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁its ▁features ▁with ▁the ▁surv iving ▁dialect ▁of ▁Ring ▁in ▁Co . ▁Water ford . ▁One ▁distinct ▁feature ▁of ▁the ▁traditional ▁Irish ▁of ▁Kil ken ny ▁( and ▁La ois ) ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁O ss ory ▁dialect ▁region ▁was ▁the ▁pron unci ation ▁of ▁sl ender ▁R ▁[ ɾ ʲ ] ▁as ▁[ ʒ ʲ ] ▁similar ▁to ▁but ▁not ▁exactly ▁like ▁the ▁G ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁word ▁" reg ime ". ▁This ▁[ ʒ ʲ ] ▁sound ▁was ▁de vo iced ▁to ▁an ▁" sh " ▁sound ▁when ▁sl ender ▁R ▁was ▁adjacent ▁to ▁the ▁sound ▁/ h /. ▁The ▁Irish ▁language ▁scholar ▁R iste ár d ▁A . ▁Bre at nach ▁wrote ▁an ▁MA ▁th esis ▁entitled ▁" K il ken ny ▁Irish " ▁but ▁this ▁remains ▁un pub lished . ▁ ▁Ba ile ▁Sh é am ais , ▁in ▁Glen more , ▁was ▁home ▁to ▁P ád ra ig ▁Pa or ▁who ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁last ▁traditional ▁native ▁speaker ▁of ▁the ▁Irish ▁language ▁in ▁Co . ▁Kil ken ny . ▁Audio - record ings ▁were ▁made ▁of ▁his ▁speech ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 ▁for ▁the ▁Irish ▁Fol kl ore ▁Commission ▁( Co im isi ún ▁Bé alo ide asa ▁É ire ann ) ▁by ▁Sé am us ▁Ó ▁Du ile arga ▁and ▁R iste ár d ▁A ▁Bre at nach . ▁His ▁speech ▁contains ▁the ▁well - document ed ▁O ss