There is no K in the Irish alphabet. From a post made on Dec 8th, 2004: Subject: "Irish Phonetics - ?old/repeat " post There are 18 letters in the Irish alphabet: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u. We also 'borrow' the letters j, q, v, w, x, and z in what are known as loan words. http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/I/IRL-GALWAY+2004+425748720+F Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "phil" <patvon@gtw.net> To: <IRL-GALWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 4:29 PM Subject: [GALWAY] Kathleen vs. Cathleen > Does anyone know if there is significance (country of origin, perhaps) > in the given names Katherine vs. Kathleen. Or in using "C" or "K" for > the first letter of those given names?