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« on: June 04, 2021, 06:35:56 PM »

Like many Irish names Muirgen is spelled differently than it's pronounced.

It took some searching (because it was more of an adventure than just asking), but looks like it's pronounced:

MURR-en

Source:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCQOa2LHDDY/

Here's a site that gives a decent breakdown for how to pronounce it:
https://www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/muirgen

Note: in the concert she did with Susan McFadden for RTE last year it sounded more like

WARE-en or WHEER-en or WHEER-an

Here's the links targeted to where they say her name in the RTE concert:
https://youtu.be/EaAXBPPRAGw?t=27
https://youtu.be/EaAXBPPRAGw?t=1812

In terms of her last name, many Celtic Woman fans will be familiar Synan O'Mahony. Assuming it's pronounced the same way as his name, it's:

o-MA-hony

... with the emphasis on "ma."
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« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2021, 12:51:24 PM »

I think I found how to pronounce it. Updated the thread above.
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« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2021, 06:40:02 PM »

Rachel got us further confirmation via Twitter:

Mu-ren
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« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2021, 09:18:39 PM »

ya i got the same answer from her

Muirgen O' Mahony
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Thank you so much! It's pronounced Mu-ren
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