The book, titled Irish Baby Names: What They Mean And How To Pronounce Them, provides the backstory and pronunciation guide ...
Irish names are one of the hottest trends for new parents in recent years, albeit hard to pronounce on the first try ...
(CNN) — Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem like a daunting ambush of gibberish. That’s because while the Irish ...
Sean is the most mispronounced name in the world, and the most mispronounced Irish name in the world, according to a new study. It's not unusual to run into a name you're not sure how to pronounce, ...
The same announcer called a horse named Lisheen (after a townland in Tipperary) Lie-sheen -- it’s actually Lish-heen. There are lots of place names Americans have problems pronouncing properly. Now I ...
The Merriam-Webster account on X, known for snappier and snarkier posts than are usually associated with dictionary publishers, recently managed to provoke some ire from the Irish by answering its own ...
Pamela Redmond, founder of baby-naming website Nameberry, tells TODAY.com that "plenty of undiscovered Irish baby names are still ripe for import." "The baby names here are all widely used in ...
Ireland is a country with a rich culture and a long and storied history dating back thousands of years. While the Irish people have endured much over the years, their culture remains influential ...
A Reddit post sparked a heated discussion after a stranger corrected an American mother's pronunciation of her daughter's Irish name. The post, written by Redditor u/punkfence, has gone viral to the ...