Setanta or Oisín?

[Annarose2014]

I've always really liked the legend of Setanta and it's a name that can be pronounced by non - Irish people too. And it's a bit less common which I like.

BUT: the fucking TV station!

With Oisín, it's cute and I don't know anyone who dislikes it.

BUT: impossible to pronounce outside Ireland? Will it be a total pain as an adult?

Opinions please!

This pronunciation sounds wrong to me! Would you agree Annarose?

Lots of people know how to pronounce Oisin, it's not that unusual.

Setanta - seriously? No.

Mitzy, thats totally wrong, its never an Oh sound, its always Uh. The emphasis is slightly different in Munsters vs Leinster Irish, for example, but not much.

Glad it's not just me Janet!

I think there's a similar Welsh name (Osian?) that sounds quite like ocean but Oisín always start with an uh sound.

I've often heard Oisín being pronounced exactly as in that link where I live (Munster), almost as often as the uh-sheen pronunciation. I've also heard it with a definite stress on the second syllable, so uh-SHEEN.

< lots of Oisín's in this part of the world >

I'm going to hire a car and a loudspeaker and drive around Munster shouting 'YIZ ARE ALL WRONG. IT'S UH-SHEEN'.

I'll listen out for ye, Mitzy!

Me too

Its a weird one, because I know that Oisin should be 'Uh-sheen'. I know.

But where my family are from (SE Ireland) - they all say Oh-sheen.
There is a definite lack of 'uh' sound.

Maybe its a minority dialect thing?

We have the same with Roisin. Rosh-een everywhere see, Ro-sheen where my family are.

And Saoirse. Seer-sha everywhere else. Sare-sha there.

Love Oisín!!!! My mum is Irish and I wanted it for one of my DSes, even though DH and I are obviously not Irish, but then friends named their son it and it was off the table.

It's not tricky compared to many Irish names.

Go for it!

I might have to take my one woman tour via the South East too. If you see/hear me coming please chuck some sustenance my way.

Rosh-een everywhere see, Ro-sheen where my family are.

Oh I agree with Ro-sheen though so I won't yell about that one.

Pretty much always Roh-sheen, I would say? Rosh-een sounds very english to me.

I'll have you know that one of my twins is called Setanta! (His brother is Eurosport...)

@ Mitzy

I'll get the Kimberley biscuits out for ye (well, actually, I won't, as I am a second generation-er based in London - but I'll tell my Dad to get the tay on).

I have an in-law from Derry who rages about the way my family say Sare-sha and Roe-sheen

Derry/Londonderry

Poor old Setanta! Not getting much love!

Apart from the channel thing, is it really that bad?

Setanta is Spanish for 70! No

I've not heard the name Oisin before but I guessed at the pronunciation being the same as the end of Roisin. I would pronounce Roisin as row-sheen but only because I live in a very Irish area (of England) and that's how I've heard it pronounced.

My family are from Italy and setanta means 70 which would be a strange name for a child.

X-post!

I grew up in a very Irish area of London and I just think of dingy old pubs with big banners outside saying 'Setanta shown here'.

Sorry

Setanta is awful!! Wasn't he the dog?

Oisin is a fine name

No Setanta killed Culainn's dog (with his hurley maybe?) so he had to become 'Culainn's Hound' to make amends.

That's a pity about Senan op I love that name
Tbh if I loved a name I wouldn't let the TV channel thing put me off it's a lesser known sports channel it's not like your calling him bbc 2 and obviously the channel is named after setanta from the legend because it's Irish so your hardly trying to name your baby after a made up word
If you like the name use it it's lovely in a couple of years setanta sports could be non existent and you'll be raging you didn't. plus kids will find a way to make a joke out of any name if they want
I should also say that my dd has a name that's regularly in threads on here entitled what name do you love but would never have the balls to use so feel free to ignore me 😂

"Wasn't he the dog?"