Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem like a ...

Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy has been captivating audiences for over 25 years with his striking looks and incredible on-screen persona. But some fans might have been butchering their favourite star ...

(CNN) — Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem like a daunting ambush of gibberish. That’s because while the Irish ...

Social media users have erupted into a heated online debate on a name a popular dictionary identified as the "hardest" to pronounce. Merriam-Webster triggered a major debate – and caused the ires of ...

We’re used to people struggling with our names and we’re here to help. But it’s an issue heavy with history. Quips and scoffs can hurt Last year, the lead singer of The 1975, Matt Healy, managed to ...

The same announcer called a horse named Lisheen (after a townland in Tipperary) Lie-sheen -- it’s actually Lish-heen. There are lots of place names Americans have problems pronouncing properly. Now I ...

Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem like a daunting ambush of rogue consonants and surprise vowels. That’s because ...

Story and audio by Maureen O’Hare, illustrations by Leah Abucayan, CNN (CNN) — Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem ...