Irish Translation Forum

A chairde,
I'm looking to change my name from the Anglicised Kiernan to Mac Thighearnain.

My question is - is it pronounced "Mac-tear-nan" or "Mac-keer-nan" ?

Go raibh mile maith agat.
Seaosamh

That's an older spelling. The modern spelling is Mac Thiarnáin, though many families do retain the old spellings as often happens in any language when names have a long history.

Both would be pronounced with a k rather than a t, as th is a simple h sound and runs together with the c of mac to give a k sound. (It's really "muck HEER-na(w)n" but sounds like "muck KEER-na(w)n".)