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Your foolproof guide to pronouncing some common Irish names
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Your foolproof guide to pronouncing some common Irish names

Áine (awn-ya)

Aoife (ee-fah)

Bláthnaid (blaw-nad)

Caoimhe (quee-va)

Ciara (kir-rah)

Clíona/Clíodnagh (clee-oh-nah)

Clodagh (clo-dah)

Fiachra (fee-ach-ra)

Fionn (fyun)

Gearóid (gar-road)

Maeve (mayve)

Micheál (me-hawl)

Óonagh (ooh-na)

Pádraig (pawd-rig)

Paschal (pass-kil)

Peadar (pad-der)

Róisín (roe-sheen)

Séamus (shay-mus)

Síle (shee-la)

Sinéad (shin-aid)

Siobhán (shiv-awn)

Daithí (daw-he)

Niamh (knee-iv)

Oisín (Oh-sheen)

Saoirse (seer-sha)