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 rogue consonants and surprise vowels. That’s because ...
Irish names aren't always easy to pronounce for the uninitiated, but pronouncing them under pressure in the middle of a work conference call is a whole different ball game, leading to this absolutely ...
(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 ...
An Irish woman whose extended English family named their son a traditional Irish name was shocked to discover they've been pronouncing his name wrong. Having an Irish name can be a struggle sometimes ...
An Irish woman, Orlaith Mary, shared a video on TikTok of all the times people have misspelled her hard-to-pronounce name in ...
"Tadhg", which means "poet" or "storyteller," has risen in popularity—proving that baby naming in 2026 can still be artful ...
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 ...
Story and audio by Maureen O’Hare, illustrations by Leah Abucayan, CNN (CNN) — Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem ...