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In general I'm in favour of traditional spellings, but for Irish names I much prefer the Anglicized ones. I'm aware that the original spellings theoretically make sense, etc. etc., but they're so counter-intuitive and complicated that IMO it's a big hassle to use them on a child, just for the sake of linguistic purity and respect of Celtic culture.
Apart from that, even with the simplified spellings, there might be a couple of names I like, but generally I find the whole trend a tad annoying.
In a story, I think I might find the names distracting, especially if there's more than one, because I want to read them in a way that's totally diffetent from how they're pronounced. It could possibly be more accpetable if the story is set in Ireland, but even there, not *everyone* has a Celtic name.