Anonymous
Post 10/07/2021 01:04     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
Anonymous wrote:Why


Op is obviously writing a book and needs to name her characters.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 22:14     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
Mae
Kathleen
Regina
Katherine
Irene
Bridget
Deidre
Mary
Natalie
Erin
Colleen
Margaret


Patrick/Patricia
John
Joseph
William
Paul
Stephen
Francis
Laurence
James
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 22:12     Subject: Re:Irish American names of a certain era
Anonymous wrote:Frances
Patricia
Pauline
Irene
Nora
Agnes
Margaret
Nellie (don’t remember what that’s short for)


Those are all of my great aunts I could remember off the top of my head besides Aunt Kath(leen) and the Mary____s. Working class - poor Irish immigrants came over 1930s-1940s


Nellie is usually short for Ellen or Helen. Many of those names in the genre you like are simply Catholic names.

Frances
Bernadette
Carol
Patricia
Monica

Also:

Maureen
Colleen
Molly
Kelly
Kathleen
Shannon



Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 22:11     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Patricia
Teresa
Sharon
Angela
Deborah
Suzanne


I never met an Irish-American Deborah or Suzanne or Sharon. Theresa yes, but add the h.


Those are all names from my large Irish-American family.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 22:05     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
Anonymous wrote:Patricia
Teresa
Sharon
Angela
Deborah
Suzanne


I never met an Irish-American Deborah or Suzanne or Sharon. Theresa yes, but add the h.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 22:03     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
My very irish catholic boomer mom and her siblings are:

Francis
Timothy
Sheila
Colleen
Maureen
Erin
Cynthia
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 22:02     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
Names from my 2nd generation Irish America family tree circa 1935-48

Dennis
Patrick
Edward
John
Michael
James
William

Margaret
Marion
Katherine/Kitty
Joan
Rose



Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 22:01     Subject: Re:Irish American names of a certain era
Maureen
Patricia
Helen
Mary
Jane
Sheila
Calista (one of my grandmothers best friends - her last name was very Irish but perhaps she married Irish?)
Frances
Kathleen
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 22:01     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
Why
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 22:01     Subject: Re:Irish American names of a certain era
Mary Frances
maryellen
Ann
Kathleen
Kerry
Margaret/Maggie
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 21:58     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
Patricia
Teresa
Sharon
Angela
Deborah
Suzanne
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 21:55     Subject: Re:Irish American names of a certain era
Ooh, got a bunch of these in the family.

Mary
Frances
Eileen
Kathleen
Sheila
Bridget

Kevin
Declan
Sean
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 21:53     Subject: Re:Irish American names of a certain era
Frances
Patricia
Pauline
Irene
Nora
Agnes
Margaret
Nellie (don’t remember what that’s short for)


Those are all of my great aunts I could remember off the top of my head besides Aunt Kath(leen) and the Mary____s. Working class - poor Irish immigrants came over 1930s-1940s
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 21:47     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
Mae
Agnes
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2021 21:46     Subject: Irish American names of a certain era
I need help coming up with names that evoke names like Kathleen, Eileen, Bridget. Think like the names of the eight children in a mid-century Irish Catholic family in Indiana. I know that sounds so niche but it’s a whole genre of name and I’m trying to compile a collection because I’m really into them. I feel like all the double barrel Mary names (Mary Ellen, Mary Kate, Mary Beth) fall into this bucket as do some more classic/mainstream Irish names like Deirdre but not more current ones like Saoirse. Let me know if you have any to add! Boys or girls but girls tend to be more distinctive. I know there are a bunch but I’m struggling here to come up with them so any help is appreciated