(CNN) — 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 gibberish. That’s because while the Irish ...

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 ...

How do you pronounce the name Tadhg? Or Siobhan? On St. Patrick’s Day, News 12 producers wanted to see if the morning anchors could pronounce some of the most popular Irish names. So, they gave it a ...

The same announcer called a horse named Lisheen (after a townland in Tipperary) Lie-sheen -- it’s actually Lish-heen. There are lots of place names Americans have problems pronouncing properly. Now I ...

One Irish name is on the verge of going extinct, as only five people named their children it last year. It actually has a ...

Ireland is a country with a rich culture and a long and storied history dating back thousands of years. While the Irish people have endured much over the years, their culture remains influential ...

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 ...