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I speak a little Irish-Gaelic, and everybody's been right thus far.
In Gaelic "ao" or "aoi" is always an [EE] sound.
While "ae" is always [AY].
The unstressed second syllable is just an [uh] vowel.

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If this is being used as an odd, Irish varient of "Caoilfhionn," "Caellainn" would be pronounced [KAYL-in].

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But, if the usage is an adoptive transliteration, local rules almost always take precendence. So if this were the Anglicized form, it might be [KEEL-lan], or if this is a Latinized form it would be pronounced (God forbid) [SEEL-lan].

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thanks guys! :)

I know a bit about Irish Gaelic. "AE" (as in Gaelic) is a long A. The "AI" is a sound between the short I and short A. In English this name is probably pronounced like Caitlin without the T.

I'm pretty sure that Caellainn is just an anglicized version of the gaelic name? My wild guesses is Kal-lin or Kay-lin. I know that's no much help but it's the best I can do. The irish version of Kevin is similar to the gaelic spelling you put, so I think it's safe to assume that it's "lin" at the end.