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Yeah, I know they do - I am far too young to recall a time when seeming Irish could have been negative, anyhow. I just associate the -een names with people born between about 1925-55, and the contrast with today's Caitlins and Eilidhs and whatnot makes me feel like the eens are stereotypically 20th century Very American. You're right that seeming American is probably not what people liked about those names - but I don't think at that time a name like Eibhlin would have become popular in the US.