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#irish-names

Doris has had its day, as new research reveals which baby names are going 'extinct' in Ireland

Oct 15th 2018, 3:37 PM 45,388 58

#HOWIYA NOW CYRIL
Anyone with an Irish name will understand Chrissy Teigen's silence while the world butchered her surname

Sep 18th 2018, 8:00 AM 9,465 2

#THE STRUGGLE IS REAL
An Irish photographer tested a British model on Irish names, and it went as well as you'd expect

Aug 31st 2018, 6:18 PM 6,676 1

#IRISH NAMES
There is an alternative name spelling generator which is absolutely butchering Irish names

Jun 8th 2018, 12:45 PM 4,189 0

#AESLYNG
Domhnall Gleeson getting fed up with people spelling his name wrong is *extremely* relatable

Feb 2nd 2018, 9:00 PM 12,985 2

#FUTILE AND STUPID
'Barely pronounceable Irish names': Catastrophe's new series has landed in the US and the critics love it

Apr 29th 2017, 4:48 PM 8,589 0

#THEY KNOW
People are loving this comedian's attempts to pronounce Irish names like they're spelled

Jan 24th 2017, 11:02 AM 12,878 0

#LYONSEY
Can You Spell These Tricky Irish Names?

Jan 22nd 2017, 8:15 PM 11,352 8

#QUIZ
7 things all Declans need to know

Nov 15th 2016, 12:44 PM 9,935 4

#DUCKLING
10 struggles that are too real for people with surnames as Gaeilge

Oct 26th 2016, 1:27 PM 6,232 2

#ALL THOSE VOWELS
Irish people are sharing the most outrageous ways their names have been mispronounced

Sep 14th 2016, 7:33 PM 13,993 7

#THE IRISH FOR
14 things you'll know if you grew up with an unusual name

Aug 7th 2016, 6:00 PM 9,965 6

#SPELL IT OUT
This Irish girl managed to get Three to sort out their 'no fadas' policy

Jun 15th 2016, 11:54 AM 5,937 0

#IN THE NAME OF THE FADA
This picture completely sums up the struggle of being called 'Niamh' abroad

Jun 11th 2016, 9:07 AM 9,934 2

#PRONOUNCED NEEVE
8 struggles all Sadhbhs know to be true

May 16th 2016, 5:25 PM 9,195 4

#SORRY SADHBH
7 struggles only people with a fada in their name will understand

May 6th 2016, 11:50 AM 6,758 0

#FORGET ME NOT
9 struggles people with the surname 'Murphy' will understand

Apr 27th 2016, 6:26 PM 9,249 1

#MURPHY'S LAW
8 struggles only lads called Niall will understand

Apr 21st 2016, 11:03 AM 8,500 4

#NIGEL
8 struggles every Fionnuala must put up with

Apr 19th 2016, 5:20 PM 3,862 0

#FEH NEW LA
9 of the hardest things about being called Caoimhe

Apr 15th 2016, 10:45 AM 17,192 1

#WANNA BUY A VOWEL
9 reasons having the name Sinéad is a constant struggle

Apr 10th 2016, 2:29 PM 7,098 0

#IRISH NAMES
12 struggles only people called Áine will understand

Apr 5th 2016, 11:53 AM 18,583 1

#GETITRIGHT
11 struggles only people called Róisín will understand

Mar 29th 2016, 12:07 PM 17,445 4

#NOT ROSIE
14 struggles only people called Aoife will truly understand

Mar 24th 2016, 3:15 PM 47,315 0

#OWFF
A Definitive List Of The 10 Sexiest Irish Men's Names

Mar 24th 2016, 1:45 PM 22,553 5

#RIDEY
Siobhan is probably the Irish name Starbucks struggles with the most

Mar 18th 2016, 3:45 PM 7,184 2

#CYO BAN
What Is Your True Irish Name?

Mar 17th 2016, 6:00 PM 23,059 8

#WHAT'S IN A NAME
The 11 worst things about having an Irish name abroad

Jan 23rd 2016, 1:00 PM 9,512 1

#TAXI FOR ROYSIN
Starbucks just can't stop butchering Irish names on their cups

Jan 14th 2016, 6:53 PM 6,887 5

#DAMMIT
Saoirse Ronan attempted to teach Stephen Colbert how to pronounce Irish names

Jan 13th 2016, 9:53 AM 9,088 4

#IRISH NAMES
14 Irish baby names the world really needs to know about

Jan 7th 2016, 1:30 PM 22,823 6

#A LEANBH
This Irish girl's e-mails perfectly illustrate how difficult it is to have an Irish name

Dec 17th 2015, 7:42 PM 15,788 8

#HI NEAVE
8 Irish celeb names we need the world to pronounce correctly

Nov 26th 2015, 12:13 PM 20,481 22

#KILLY YAN
18 of the hardest Irish names to have abroad

Oct 28th 2015, 9:30 PM 155,103 63

#MUIREANN
Can You Guess The Meaning Of These Old Irish Names?

Aug 17th 2015, 9:30 PM 12,545 2

#WHAT'S IN A NAME
The Americans at Buzzfeed tried their best to pronounce Tadgh, Róisín and Niamh

Apr 4th 2015, 1:45 PM 10,900 7

#RAISIN
Nobody in the UK can pronounce 'Oisín' and it's driving Irish people mad

Mar 26th 2015, 9:55 AM 22,673 9

#USH-EEN
Can You Guess The Irish Names On These Starbucks Cups?

Mar 23rd 2015, 2:00 PM 18,607 4

#QUIZ
13 times Starbucks summed up the struggle of having an Irish name abroad

Mar 3rd 2015, 1:04 PM 13,864 14

#ONION
VIDEO: How to pronounce Siobhán

May 22nd 2013, 4:02 PM 1,646 0

#THAT'S NOT MY NAME