Author's Pronunciation Guide: Sevenwaters Trilogy

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: Ay-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