I have so many it's hard to choose.
Top five for each gender would be:
Niamh,
Aoife,
Sinead,
Mairead and
Emer /
Eimear;
Desmond,
Cormac,
Malachy,
Tadhg /
Tighe and
Finbarr.
But there are so many more that I love:
Blaithin /
Blathnat,
Muriel /
Muirgheal,
Orla /
Orlaith,
Deirdre,
Maureen,
Alva /
Ailbhe,
Eilis,
Maeve /
Meabh,
Aisling /
Aislinn,
Oona /
Oonagh,
Aifric,
Eibhlin,
Liadan,
Isolde,
Caoimhe,
Siobhan,
Cathleen,
Eileen,
Rhona,
Grainne,
Aine,
Brigid /
Breda /
Brigh,
Talulla,
Alannah,
Eithne, Lassarina,
Mor,
Isibeal ("ISH-bayl");
Ailbhe,
Eoghan,
Patrick /
Padraig,
Garvan /
Garbhan,
Conor,
Fergal,
Eamonn,
Niall,
Ronan,
Seamus,
Muiris,
Brendan,
Columba /
Colm,
Dermot /
Diarmuid,
Cathal,
Rory,
Donal,
Fergus,
Liam,
Aidan,
Mathuin,
Tyrone,
Brian,
Fintan,
Oscar,
Enda,
Declan,
Kieran /
Ciaran,
Garrett,
Lorcan,
Senan,
Ulick /
Uilleag,
Turlough.
ETA: I have one GP Irish name for a girl, Connemara. It's not a real Irish girl's name, it's a place / region in the West of
Ireland. But I always thought Connemara, nn
Mara would be a neat name.
A poster once was considering "
Shea Connemara" for a dd.
Shea isn't really my style because of its unisex quality. But it flows so well with Connemara that I grew to like the combination quite a lot.
This message was edited 3/9/2009, 2:53 PM