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I'm Irish-American, so I'm biased. But these are some of my favorites, in no particular order:

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Niamh ("neev")
Aoife ("EE-fuh")
Eimear / Emer (EE-mer")
Fionnuala ("fi-NOO-luh")
Ailbhe ("AHL-vuh")
Liadan ("LEE-din")
Oonagh / Oona
Fiachra ("FEE-uh-cruh")(= raven!)
Orlaith / Orla
Sinead ("shi-NAYD")
Mairead ("muh-RAYD")
Padraigin ("pah-druh-GHEEN")
Mor
Fidelma
Grainne ("GRAHN-yuh")
Muirgheal / Muriel
Brid ("breed") / Breda / Brigid
Meabh / Maeve
Deirdre ("DEER-druh")
Dearbhail / Dervla

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Tadhg / Tighe
Diarmuid / Dermot
Ronan
Niall ("nile")
Seamus ("SHAY-mus")
Finbarr
Finlay ("FIN-lee")
Fintan
Fingal
Malachy ("MAL-uh-kee")
Garbhan / Garvan
Fergal
Ciaran / Kieran ("KEER-ahn")
Brendan
Conor
Declan ("DEC-lun")
Oisin ("EE-shin")
Desmond
Rory
Tyrone ("ter-OHN" or "ti-ROHN")
Mathuin ("MA-hun")
Cathal ("CA-hul")
Lorcan
Cavan ("CA-vun")(short "a" as in Gavin)
Oscar
Eoghan / Owen
Columba / Colm ("CAHL-um," exactly like the word column)
Eamonn ("AY-mun")
Padraig ("PAH-drig")
Aidan
Brian
Muiris ("MYOOR-ish")
Donal ("DOH-nul")
Cormac
Peadar ("PETH-r," rhymes with weather)
Turlough (TUR-luck")

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Shaman: Lassairfhiona / Lassairiona / Lassarina (= flame of the wine)

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Sorcerer: Lorcan

This message was edited 9/28/2009, 4:53 PM