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 ...

The popularity of Irish names stretches across the Atlantic Ocean, with many Americans choosing unique and often difficult-to-pronounce machairs for their children. It is a compliment to the Irish ...

The Merriam-Webster account on X, known for snappier and snarkier posts than are usually associated with dictionary publishers, recently managed to provoke some ire from the Irish by answering its own ...