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Bridie is/was a typically Irish nickname for Bridget. Possibly her name could be a merger of that plus Ellie, with an a on the end for the sound and to make it visibly feminine? Or there's a possible Scandinavian/German link to Britta, which is a contracted form of Birgitta - not sure what the Northern European population of Limerick was, but it's quite possible that her parents were using the name of someone they knew as part of their daughter's mn. Are there any relatives of her age or older who've got an Ell- name? That might be a clue.