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18:29, Sat, Jun 15, 2024 Updated: 18:29, Sat, Jun 15, 2024 Social media users have erupted into a heated online debate on a name a popular dictionary identified as the "hardest" to pronounce.

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Farai Chideya and producer Christopher Johnson read from your letters. Today's topics include our Sex and Sexuality series and several ways to say a classic Irish name. It is time again for your ...

Let’s face it folks, it’s not easy being green. Especially if your name is Aoife, Saoirse, Siobhán, Niamh, Meadhbh. And don’t even mention Caoilfhionn. It, in particular, upsets the neighbours and we ...

There are a number of Irish names that leave us all confused when it’s time to say them out loud. However one surprising Irish moniker reigns as the most mispronounced in the world. Names like Saorise ...

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 ...

Story and audio by Maureen O’Hare, illustrations by Leah Abucayan, CNN (CNN) — Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem ...