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The purist in me wants to stick with the original spellings, however, with Irish names, the original spellings often don't resemble anything like the way the name is actually pronounced. So while I'm content to stick with the way Ciara and Cian are spelled, other names like Maeve and Aidan look right to me. I can't imagine Medb going through life forever correcting people.

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Having said all that, I have realized that once I've learned the basics of Irish names, it does get easier and I can pretty much figure out how to pronounce new names. That still doesn't change the problem of everyone else learning the same ...