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.

Read more: Irish girls' name is the most popular in over half of the US states Pronunciation: keer-ron The classic Irish name Ciaran is often Anglicized to Kieran. It means 'little dark one ...

Outside of the Emerald Isle, other English speaking folk really struggle with many of our most beautiful names.

A medic was left horrified by the baby name that one mum chose - but the mum-to-be was insistent that she wanted to use the ...

The American mum discussed the name with an Irish individual who was in the US for work, and it quickly became apparent she couldn't pronounce the name she had given her own son. In a Reddit post ...

A new mum has given her baby girl an Irish name but is pronouncing it completely wrong. She called her little girl Caoimhe ...

This is what has happened to one Irish woman who has found that ... that there is an alternative spelling of the name that has the same pronunciation but is even harder for people outside of ...

The American mother shared the name with an Irish individual in the USA for work, but it became apparent quite quickly that she couldn't pronounce the name she had given her own son. In a post on ...

Darragh, an Irish name meaning “oak tree” or in some variations “wealthy,” is pronounced ‘Da-ra’, with emphasis on the first syllable and a short, hard ‘a’ (as in ‘bat,’ not ...

how to pronounce it and what to say when someone shouts it your way. And to really get you ready for all the St. Patrick’s Day traditions this month, we’re sharing other festive Irish phrases.