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1. I don't like it. I don't really like the sound of Sheila at all. Of course it would be usable, but there would be pronunciation issues. I would probably say SHELL-a if you wouldn't have told me it was like Sheila.

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2. Oh, I have loads! Irish names were what really got me into names in the first place when I was in middle school. Some I like (*favorites):

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Aghna - AG-na
Alastríona - al-as-TREE-na
Aoibheann - EE-van
Aoibhgréine - EEV-eh-gren
Bronagh - BRON-a
Caoilfhionn - KEE-lin (first name I ever "found")
Ciarán* - KEER-awn
Connor*
Darragh* / Dáire - DAW-ra
Declan
Diarmaid* - DEER-mid
Eibhlin - EV-leen
Eoghan - O-in
Fennore* / Fionúir - FEN-or / FYUN-oor
Finlay* / Fionnlagh
Fíona / Fiona*
Fionn*
Fionnuala* - fin-O-la
Gráinne - GRAWN-ya
Malachy* / Maeleachlainn - MAL-a-kee / MAL-ok-lin
Maureen
Morna
Órfhlaith / Orla
Pádraic* - PAWD-rik
Roísín - ro-SHEEN
Rory / Ruaidhrí
Saoirse* - SEER-sha
Saraid* - SOR-id
Sorcha - SOR-ka
Úna - OO-na

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3. Honestly, yes. I could be mostly Irish and you'd never know unless you asked, but I'm only a tiny bit Irish, so I wouldn't feel right using a very Irish name. That's why I stick to Welsh because I could use those. I don't think it would be too bad pairing it with a Hebrew name though, at least a Biblical one.