Pronunciation Guide

Irish names will often trip up English-speaking readers because we try to map English letter sounds and combinations onto a language never intended to use them. The trickier names in Dead in Dublin are pronounced as followed:

 

Ciara = Keera
Cillian = Kill-ee-an
Fionnuala / Fionn = Finn-OO-luh / Finn
Micheál = Mee-hall
Niamh = Neev
Ní Shuilleabháin = Nee Sullivan