Irish girls names

[JedBartlet]

Orla
Tara
Clodagh
Alannah
Cara
Una

I want a nod to Irish heritage without having something difficult to spell or pronounce for people in the UK - voice of experience!

Thoughts on the above, or any other suggestions that fit the bill?

Your original list has good names but they are strong names.
Why don't you wait until the baby comes and choose the one that suits her.
Una is notusually pronounced oona in the UK. It is pronounced Ewe-na

Soifra /Sheefra, Anya /aine, Majella, Mashona, Ailish, Aileen , Daria, Noleen, Mona, all people I know!

Would people in Britain pronounce Oona as spelled? I prefer Oonagh, but I don't think people where I live would struggle w the spelling (wildly overestimating local intelligence).

"Jed Cara is Welsh too. It means Darling, or beloved"

It does sound like the Welsh word cariad, but the associated name is usually Ceri. I'm nearly 40 and a Welsh speaker and Cara just doesn't sound like a Welsh name to me. I have never met a Welsh speaker with it or heard of one.

Behind the name says it's Italian
www.behindthename.com/name/cara

"Iseult is one I hadn't considered...I don't know how I feel about it!"

It's the same in English though so not a recognisably Irish name.

but maybe spelt Keevagh

Please will everybody promise faithfully to never, ever do this.

I know an Emer in the UK. She is one I've the loveliest young ladies I know. As far as I'm aware no issues with spelling pronunciation

The easiest ones for a non-Irish person imo are
Caitlin
Erin
Bridget.

I doubt that Cara is genuinely a welsh name as it would be pronounced Carra but I do know a few welsh Caras

Cara is friend in Irish Gaelic.

I like Una and have only heard it pronounced correctly in SE England.

Cara as a Welsh word means love as a command form (informal 2nd person). It doesn't make much sense for it to have become a name.

I know some of these have already been said, but I like:
Erin
Niamh
Lilidh (pronounced Lily, probably my favourite!)

Gwenhwyfar, It probably got used as a name by welsh people because it is a pretty name and is spelt phonetically. It would still be pronounced Carra. I know more than one Caren too.

God, is Nuala making a comeback in Ireland? That's such a holy joe battle axe name.

I know, I once went into an expensive boutique in New York which was selling a stratospherically expensive yoga wear range designed by some supermodel (Christy Turlington?) called Nuala, and I was weak with laughter as the expensive assistants glared expensively at me.

I gather pronounced 'Noo-ahla', but it's still says 'floral pinny and twenty decades of the Rosary and the men get the best of the roast' to me.

I confess I get very annoyed by the mispronunciation of Sorcha as Seoirse -- I mean when people get it wrong and call their daughter Sorcha but pronounced Seoirse. They're two entirely different names, pronounced entirely differently. And Seoirse is George!

I'd go with Clodagh from your original list, OP. Though my English-born son has an unusual deeply unphonetic-in-English Irish name and an English accent, and has never had any problems spelling it or pronouncing it, or with other people not getting it.

"I know more than one Caren too."

Ah yes, Caren is just a Welsh spelling of the English Karen.

Yes. I like it but it isn't welsh. I don't really like names from another language or culture being given if the parents have no connection.
There are so many wonderful names to choose from, why lumber a child with a mispronounced or misspelt name.

I'm an actual Oonagh and I have to tell you that people everywhere get it wrong all the time. Yoona. Donna. Oo-nana. OO- Nag

Once explained, it's fine. But I do have to explain it quite a lot.

I really like Donna or Dona (welsh & Cornish name pronounced Donna)

Puppymonkey, that surprises me. Just asked my very bright ds. He said he'd never heard the name before and would guess Oh-na. It was on my list when I was pregnant.

gwenhywfar Caitlin easy to English speakers??? I'm guessing you think the correct pronunciation is Kate-Lyn?

Karen is Danish not English.

I think of a Nuala as being a right old pinny-wearing matriarch. But i csn see it coming back.

Met a doireann. (Deerin). Too close to Doreen for comfort.

Erin is not really a name in Ireland. It's an Irish American name.

Right, Grey. Erin will always be a brand of packet soup to me.

I like Niamh.

I also like Saoirse, but I think that'd get butchered outside of Ireland. I didn't have a clue how to pronounce it before hearing Saoirse Ronan speak about it.