A question for Irish (Gaeilge) speakers: How do you pronounce "samhradh"?

I pronounce it sow-rah (sow rhyming with cow). I speak what was referred to as 'An Caighdeán' or standard Irish which was introduced to schools in the 1950's, perhaps tinged with a Connacht accent as my mother was a native Irish speaker from there.

The letter H with a consonant is used in place of an older, now unused, accent mark called a 'buailte' or 'séimhiú' (represented by a dot) over the consonant. It can render the consonant silent or change the sound completely. When used at the end of a word is usually renders it silent so the 'dh' in 'Samhradh' is silent. The 'mh' sound is more like the sound for 'w'.

The site below gives a few more examples of pronunciations.

First of all the Munster dialect is not generally accepted as the standard dialect.There is no standard dialect. I would pronounce it sow-ra as well. That is the connacht Irish.

I say it sow-ra. I use the Munster dialect, which is generally accepted as the standard dialect.

"dh" is pronounced "ah" in this context, but it can change.

"mh" is pronounced "ow".

The Gweedore Gaeltacht (Ulster) pronunciation is "/ 'sow-ruh/" (the first part rimes with "cow").