Slender R in Kilkenny and Ceathrú Thaidhg County Mayo

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    I was doing some reading earlier about Irish in Kilkenny when I saw that the slender r was pronounced as /ʒʲ/ more similar to the s in measure and j in French. Listening to a clip of Seán Ó hÉinirí (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP4nXlKJx_4&t=5s) I thought I heard him make a similar sound at 1:47 and again at 2:14.

    Has anybody else noticed this or is it just O hEiniri’s idiolect? Has anything ever been written about this change before?

    Thanks

    Edit: It would appear the sound is like a voiced retroflex fricative similar to the voice retroflex approximant

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    Sounds like a fairly typical slender r to me. I’m not a dialectical expert, but it’s definitely not just him.

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