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Re: Irish girl names
:-DSorry if any of these are repeates:Grainne / Granuaile
Mairead
Sinead / Siobhan
Niamh
Eimear / Emer
Gormlaith
Bridget / Brigid / Brid / Bidelia
Aoife
Lasairfhiona / Lasairiona ("lass-uh-REE-nuh")
Ailbhe
Padraigin ("pah-druh-GHEEN")
Gobnait
Meabh / Maeve
Isibeal ("ISH-bayl") / Eilis
Clare
Fionnuala / Nuala / Finola
Maire / Maura / Moira / Maureen / Mairin
Isolde
Muirgheal / Muriel
Fidelma
Nollaig ("NUL-ug" or "NUL-ig") (= Noel / Christmas)
Blaithin / Blathnat
Erin
Catriona / Caitlin / Cathleen
Kerry
Oonagh
Orlaith / Orla
Roisin / Rosaleen
Shannon
Siofra
Aifric / Africa
Dairina / Darina
Mor
Fiona ("FEE-uh-nuh" in Irish, I believe)
Caoimhe / Keeva
Deirdre
Aine
Sila / Sheila
Seosaihmin (= Josephine)
Ciara / Kiera
Liadan
Rhona
Talulla
Colleen
Damhnait
Eibhlin / Eileen
Boudicca (cheating a bit here)
Saoirse
Bearnairdin
Clodagh
TaraSome of these are more authentic than others. By that I mean names like Shannon, Erin and Kerry would be more commonly used in the U.S. rather than in Ireland. I didn't know how pure you wanted to be. Others are definitely an acquired taste, like Gormlaith and Gobnait. Again, I erred on the side of inclusion rather than exclusion.I've recently fallen for Grainne. I hope you like her. :-)

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