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My earliest introduction to ethnic Irish names was as a teen, a character in the comic book Preacher of Irish writer Garth Ennis: a hundred year old vampire fr
by imbnwa 3y ago
My earliest introduction to ethnic Irish names was as a teen, a character in the comic book Preacher of Irish writer Garth Ennis: a hundred year old vampire from pre-Independence Ireland named Proinsias.
Since I’d never heard anyone pronounce a Gaelic word as a youngin, I thought it was pronounced “Proyn-she-uhs”. But I think I read somewhere its the Gaelic form of Pontius, as in Pontius Pilot, and is actually pronounced “Prawn-she-is’.
- Anthony-G 3y agoI haven’t read Preacher in around 20 years so I don’t remember that characater. Proinsias is actually the Irish version of “Francis”. The most famous modern-day example being https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proinsias_De_Rossa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proinsias_De_Rossa Your first stab at pronunciation wasn’t far off. You’d get away with “uhs” as the final syllable. I’d also say that the first “o” is pronounced similar to the first syllable in the English word, “onion” (as opposed to an “aw” sound).