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 ...

If you want to give your baby girl a traditional Irish name but are worried it may be hard to pronounce, we're sharing the ...

Do you think it is okay for your family to mispronounce your child's name? Most would argue that there is no excuse ...

This beautiful Irish name was once hugely popular, but is now less commonly chosen. Discover its history, meaning and ...

Ailbhe is a traditional Irish name that conveys gentleness, cultural heritage, and melodic simplicity. It is pronounced ...

Throughout history, parents in the United States have turned to traditional names from Ireland when picking the name of a new baby girl. It's a culture that Americans tend to "want to associate ...

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 ...

(Pronounced “ash-ling”) An Irish name meaning “vision” or "dream." It comes from the Gaelic word ‘aislinge’ and refers to an “aisling,” a genre of Irish language poetry from the late 17th century.

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 ...