How Caoimhe is pronounced

OK…always being asked this question from outside Ireland and seeing as people don’t seem to read the whole of the other post I’ll clear it up here.
So…nearly always it’s pronounced Qwee-vah. There are some counties in Ireland that would say Kee-vah but they are in a minority. I’m told by many Irish speakers that Qweevah is the correct old Irish pronunciation. So there you go..

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