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How do you pronounce the name Deirdre?
Deer-druh
Dare-druh
Deer-dray
Dire-dray
15% got this right
Deirdre is a tragic heroine in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
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How do you pronounce the name Aisling?
ASH-lyn
ACE-ling
ACE-lyn
ASH-ling
21% got this right
Aisling refers to a poetic genre that developed in Irish poetry during the 17th and 18th centuries .
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How do you pronounce the name Siobhán?
Shuh-VAAN
SEE-o-van
SY-o-bahn
SY-van
43% got this right
The English equivalent of Siobhán is Joan, but is often anglicised as Chevonne.
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How do you pronounce the name Caoimhe?
Kwee-va
CARO-line
KA-veem
Cow-mee
38% got this right
Caoimhe derives from the name Kevin (Caoimhín in Gaelic) which was feminised into Caoimhe.
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How do you pronounce the name Niamh?
NEEV
NEEM
Ni-YAM
Nim
33% got this right
Niamh is found in Irish mythology as a daughter of the sea god Manannan mac Lir, a princess with golden hair.
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How do you pronounce the name Seamus?
Shay-muss
See-mack
See-muss
Shay-man
64% got this right
Seamus is the Irish equivalent of James.
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How do you pronounce the name Aoife?
Eee-fah
Ava
EE-vuh
Oy-fuh
36% got this right
Aoife was the name of a legendary beautiful warrior princess, according to the Ulster Cycle of myths.
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How do you pronounce the name Saoirse?
Ser-sha
Sah-ra
Sar-eesh
Sow-er-se
61% got this right
Saoirse was first recorded as being used in the 1920s as a revolutionary statement for freedom.