Pronunciation is one of the hardest things for a learner of any language to get to grips with. The sounds of Irish and the sounds of English are very different from each other, and there’s ...

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.

“Since Irish Gaelic has its own unique phonetic ... dun' (fort), 'cill' (church), etc. If unsure of the pronunciation, use online audio tools to listen to the phonetics or ask a native speaker ...

As Irish living abroad our vowel-heavy, Irish pronunciation names tend to confuse those not au fait with the names and lead to hilarious mispronunciations and some seriously strange names written ...

In the post, the OP wrote that the mother introduced her child to them in an emergency room as "Grain," saying that the name was Irish. It was then that the U.K.-based OP, with knowledge of Irish ...

Along with Irish names, people struggled to pronounce the COVID variant Omicron which is om-my-krom or om-uh-krom in case you're wondering. The pronunciation of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv also ...

Irish names can be tricky.’ The kid is called Gráinne. Not Grain.” She said she decided to tell the mother that her daughter has an “old-school name and a more modern pronunciation.” ...

What research can tell us about the effects of unusual or harder to pronounce names on those who have them - and how new ...

330,000 needed to listen to the pronunciation of Mary, and 322,000 people requested audio clips of the name Laura. Join the Irish Mirror’s breaking news service on WhatsApp. Click this link to ...

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Irish libraries saw a 20pc jump in the lending of e-books and e-audio books last year, new figures show. A total of 931,291 e-books and 1,674,191 e-audiobooks were loaned through branches in 2023 ...