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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE FOR NAMES FEATURED IN THE SEVENWATERS TRILOGY WRITTEN BY JULIETE MARILLIER

The reader may appreciate some assistance with the Irish names used in the Sevenwaters books. Please note there can be several versions of the spelling and pronunciation of a name, all perfectly valid. For instance, if you ask someone in Dublin to pronounce the name Sorcha you'll get one answer, but a person from County Kerry will give you a different version.

Aisling     Ash-ling

Aoife       Ee-fa

Ciarán     Kee-a-raun

Clodagh   Klo-dah

Darragh    Darr-a

Diarmid    Dear-mid

Deirdre     Deer-dra

Eamonn   Ay-mon

Eilis        Eye-lish

Fainne     Faun-ya

Fionn      Fyunn

Liadan     Lee-a-dan

Muirrin     Mirr-in

Niamh     Nee-av

Oonagh   Oo-na

Padriac    Pad-ric (more commonly spelt Padraic)

Roisin      Ro-sheen

Seamus    Shay-mus

Sorcha     Sor-ca or Sur-ha

Uí Néill     Ee Nay-ill


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