Niall is usually pronounced Nile, as opposed to Neel, though I do have one friend who is Niall, prn Neel. I live in Ireland by the way.
ETA Is Laise Irish as well? I have never heard it. The Irish for flame is lasair. I have seen Lasara and Lasair for a girl and of course there is Lasairfhiona(Lass-ar-eena), meaning flame of wine, none of which are common.
There is a word lasadh which might be linked to Laise
http://www.irishdictionary.ie/dictionary?language=irish&word=lasadh. Doesn't mean it's a legit name though.
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