Americans frequently get baffled when trying to pronounce traditional Irish names. Buzzfeed asked a few unsuspecting Americans to pronounce names like Tadhgh, Caoimhe, Eoghan, and Niamh to ...

Four traditional Irish girl names were ranked among the top ten words that are most mispronounced by British people. Aoife, Saoirse, Niamh, and Siobhan all prove tricky to British people.

To mark St Patrick’s Day this March 17 – and Cork actor Cillian Murphy’s Oscar win last weekend – here’s a guide, with audio clips, on how to pronounce some common Irish names.

Colbert had the actress read out Irish first names including Tadhg, (tag) Niamh, Oisin, (o-sheen) and Caoimhe (keeva). Once the host asked her to pronounce Siobhan he laughingly called the ...

But Irish history’s best-known Aoife, probably, was the one who unwittingly caused the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169. Perhaps her modern namesakes are now leading a revenge mission.

“In the late 20th century, popular Irish names tended to come from mythology – Deirdre, Niamh, Oisín and Gráinne – but in the 21st century there’s been a shift towards adjectives” and ...

If you’re familiar with Irish actor Saoirse “rhymes with inertia” Ronan, our pronunciation might seem like a curveball. But here’s another hard rule: expect the unexpected.

There are three Irish dialects – Connacht, Munster and Ulster – and the way names sound often varies with regions and accents. Our audio clips are with a northeast accent, influenced by Ulster Irish, ...

To mark St Patrick’s Day this March 17 – and Cork actor Cillian Murphy’s Oscar win last weekend – here’s a guide, with audio clips, on how to pronounce some common Irish names.