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Faye Riley (Unregistered Guest)
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Posted on Sunday, October 10, 2010 - 07:47 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit PostPrint Post

Hello, all. I am curious to know how my entire name would look in Gaelic: Alice Faye Riley. Many thanks to anyone who will help!

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Domhnaillín_breac_na_dtruslóg
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Post Number: 881
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Posted on Monday, October 11, 2010 - 01:24 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit PostPrint Post

Ailís Fae Ní Raghallaigh

(Faye doesn't really have an Irish equivalent as far as I know. Fae is just a phonetic rendering.)

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Carmanach
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Post Number: 328
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Posted on Monday, October 11, 2010 - 03:50 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit PostPrint Post

Is Riley your married or maiden name? If it is your married name, it would be Uí Raghailligh. Lysaght has Ó Raghailligh with palatalised l. I don't have Ó Droighneáin here at home but if you bear with me until tomorrow I'll look up "Alice" for you and see what he says. He may have "Faye" too but I doubt too. In that case it's best to leave it as it is.

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Aonghus
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Posted on Monday, October 11, 2010 - 04:01 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit PostPrint Post

Woulfe has Ailis, with Eilís as an alternative.

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Carmanach
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Post Number: 332
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Posted on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 05:18 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit PostPrint Post

Ó Droighneáin has Ailís - note long second i. Curiously, Ó Droighneáin gives both Ó Raghailligh and Ó Raghallaigh. Woulfe does likewise but says that it has "numerous dialectical variations" (629). ó D. says nothing of Faye but then again Faye isn't a common name in Ireland anyway. I'd leave it as it is.



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