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Girls:
Absolut favorite: Roisin (Ro-SHEEN)

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Also like : Ailbhe (ALL-bay)
Aisling (ASH-ling)
Aislinn (ASH-len)
Aoife (EE-fa)
Blathnaid (blaw-nid)
Caoimhe (KEE-va)
Clodagh (KLO-da)
Eabha (AY-wa)
Eithne (EN-ya)
Grainne (GRAWN-ya)
Muireann (MWIRR-an)
Niamh (neev)
Orlaith (OR-lee)
Sadhbh (sive)
Siobhan (shi-VAUN)
Sorcha (SOR-ka or SOR-ra)
Tamsin (TAM-zin)

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Boys:
Absolut favorite: Flannan (Flan-AWN)

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Also like: Cian (KEE-an)
Cillian (KILL–ee-an)
Cuan (koo-AWN)
Daire (Da-ra)
Diarmaid (DEER-mid)
Eamon (ay-mon)
Eoin (OH-in)
Fionn (fin)
Murrough (mur-ah)
Niall (NEE-all)
Odhran (OH-ran)
Oisin (OH-sheen)
Rian (REE-an)
Ruadhan (ROO-an)
Senan (SENN-an)
Tadhg (TYEg)
Tiarnan (TEER-nan)

Maeve & Seamus

I'm Irish-American, so I'm biased. But these are some of my favorites, in no particular order:

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Niamh ("neev")
Aoife ("EE-fuh")
Eimear / Emer (EE-mer")
Fionnuala ("fi-NOO-luh")
Ailbhe ("AHL-vuh")
Liadan ("LEE-din")
Oonagh / Oona
Fiachra ("FEE-uh-cruh")(= raven!)
Orlaith / Orla
Sinead ("shi-NAYD")
Mairead ("muh-RAYD")
Padraigin ("pah-druh-GHEEN")
Mor
Fidelma
Grainne ("GRAHN-yuh")
Muirgheal / Muriel
Brid ("breed") / Breda / Brigid
Meabh / Maeve
Deirdre ("DEER-druh")
Dearbhail / Dervla

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Tadhg / Tighe
Diarmuid / Dermot
Ronan
Niall ("nile")
Seamus ("SHAY-mus")
Finbarr
Finlay ("FIN-lee")
Fintan
Fingal
Malachy ("MAL-uh-kee")
Garbhan / Garvan
Fergal
Ciaran / Kieran ("KEER-ahn")
Brendan
Conor
Declan ("DEC-lun")

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This message was edited 9/28/2009, 4:53 PM

Oh, my favorites are Aislin, Ciara and Niamh

Mine would be Saorla, Niamh, and Searlait. The shaman could be Maeve, since Morrigan is too cliché.