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GUEST,Martin Ryan	Help with coupla Irish song words (18)	RE: Help with coupla Irish song words	30 Jun 18
Reinhard is correct - it's a form of the irregular noun "bean" (woman). The Wiktionary entry looks to be based on O Donaill's Irish-English Dictionary. As to pronunciation: depending on context and dialect, the "mh" can have any of three effects - silence the "m" completely. For example - the dictionary compiler's name can also be spelled "O Domhnaill"! - be pronounced as "v" - be pronounced as "w". The last two will tend to be regionally distributed. If I were singing it (which I don't), I would instinctively sing "ince on v-knee" - forgive the phonetics! Regards

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