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Deirbhile Canny from Saarbrücken finished second in Deutschsprachige Debattiermeisterschaft 2022 (German Debatting Masters) in the discipline DaF (German as a foreign language).
Very strange, yet interesting name! The pronunciation is totally different than what most English-speaking people would say.
According to some Internet sources, Irish actress Dervla Kirwan (1971-) was born Deirbhile in Churchtown, Dublin. She anglicised her name to avoid pronunciation confusion.
I would say "JER-vi-la".
Pronounced DER-vla.
There is a Saint Deirbhile sometimes her name is spelt Dervila Dervilla or Dearbhla. A holy Well in the mullet in County Mayo is called "Saint Deirbhile's Vat" which has a shrine to her over the well the well is said to be good for curing eye trouble.