"Feiceann siad an foirgneamh san India."

Translation: They see the building in India.

[mwasson]

http://www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/an_India

The pronunciation of "an India" on Teanglann is interesting: the Ulster and Munster versions are almost identical to the English pronunciation--with a long initial "I" for Munster--while the Connacht pronunciation is much closer what I would expect given the spelling.

If we wanted to spell a word approximating the English pronunciation of "India" in Irish using the standard spelling, what would it look like? Índíghia?

[Eoin_Mulhern]

In Irish primary school we would of said "sa h-ind" never heard the word "India" in Irish before

[SatharnPHL]

De Bhaldraithe's English Irish Dictionary was published in 1959, and it translates "India" as An India.

Dinneen's 1904 dictionary also has India as the Irish for "India".

I've never come across a h-prefix after sa.

[Eoin_Mulhern]

Thank you for the comprehensive and timely answer, however that is how we learned it in Donegal Irish I never said it was correct at least now I know :)