diff --git a/spacy/tests/lang/ga/__init__.py b/spacy/tests/lang/ga/__init__.py
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diff --git a/spacy/tests/lang/ga/test_tokenizer.py b/spacy/tests/lang/ga/test_tokenizer.py
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+# coding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import pytest
+
+
+SV_TOKEN_EXCEPTION_TESTS = [
+    ('B\'fhearr fanacht as amharc', ['B\'', 'fhearr', 'fanacht', 'as', 'amharc']),
+    ('Daoine a bhfuil Gaeilge acu, m.sh. tusa agus mise', ['Daoine', 'a', 'bhfuil', 'Gaeilge', 'acu', ',', 'm.sh.', 'tusa', 'agus', 'mise'])
+]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('text,expected_tokens', GA_TOKEN_EXCEPTION_TESTS)
+def test_tokenizer_handles_exception_cases(ga_tokenizer, text, expected_tokens):
+    tokens = ga_tokenizer(text)
+    token_list = [token.text for token in tokens if not token.is_space]
+    assert expected_tokens == token_list
+