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Summary: Light naming
Comment: If you like picking names by feel, apparent popularity, or general connotations, then this is a nice
book for Irish names. If you like more details on pronunciation and history, you will need to look
elsewhere.

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Summary: A bit of a disappointment
Comment: The main reason that we bought this book was to find Irish names based on their meanings.
Unfortunately, there are very few meanings of any of the names listed. If you are looking for an
extensive list of Irish names but not interested in their meanings, then this is a good book for
you. Otherwise I have come across many general name books that have much more complete lists of
meanings along with the names.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Long on Lists, Short on Help
Comment: "Beyond Shannon and Sean" offers parents lists of Irish names not alphabetically but by category:
Irish family names, saints' names, even names from James Joyce books. The names are all CAPITALIZED
in long list, which is distracting.

As other folks have indicated, there is little clue in
pronunciation. Okay, so AOIDHGHEAN is an Irish saint's name. But male or female? The saint of what?
And how in the world does one pronounce it? Not very helpful for the expecting parents looking for a
name.

Customer Rating:

Summary: This book is the greatest!
Comment: This is the best of the Irish baby-naming books. It's lots of fun and gives all kinds of
information you can't find anywhere else, from the origins of family names to hundreds of names not
found in any other books. We loved it!

Customer Rating:

Summary: There was not enough assistance in pronunciation and meaning
Comment: My wife and I enjoyed the book but found it to be extremely deficient in providing pronunciation and
also in defining the meaning of each name. The book also seemed a bit disjointed. It did not
follow well from one section to the next, with the same name often appearing in multiple sections.

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