Aoibhe

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My cousin in Ireland just had a baby girl called Aoibhe. Would you pronounce it Eva or Ava? Or something else?

Twould be sean bhean though unless my memory of far distant Irish classes is really faulty (distinct possibility).

'Is seanbhean mise anois, le chos amhain san uaigh 'is an eile ar a bhruach...'

Thank you for that flashback, HardCheese.

Thanks for that, hardcheese, I now have the vision of my Irish teacher in front of my brain. I cried when I found out he was going to be my Irish teacher because he was a terrible teacher and I knew my Dad would want me to do well in Irish.[swotty teenager emoticon]

Hardcheese is that the opening line from Peig?

Erm Mathanixiety are you a past pupil of MH by any chance.
Though I guess many schools have a room 104.

erm ifitsnotanarse I'm a past pupil of MH, north Dublin??!

Initials don't ring a bell - southside here.

Shh recklesspixie Miss Slevin will hear you.
(Pulls up socks and does top-button on shirt)

Sorry OP, don't mean to hijack your thread.

It's eefa.

It is indeed the opening line from Peig, ifitsnotanarse. Are you getting flashbacks?

To get back to OP's query, Math is correct with pronunciation guide

I have always wondered what Sean Bean's parents were thinking

They were thinking Shaun - he changed it.

I'm slightly embarassed about the only phrase I know in Irish now. Ah well.

Its Eva.

Aoife = Eefa
Aoibhe = Eva

No-one seems to be able to agree on the pronunciation

SayBoo is right.