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.

Read more: Irish girls' name is the most popular in over half of the US states Pronunciation: keer-ron The classic Irish name Ciaran is often Anglicized to Kieran. It means 'little dark one ...

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 ...