Boy's name
Laoiseach
“LEE-shakh”
'belonging to Laois'
Why it is said that way
Three rules in eight letters: ao is ee, the s before e is sh, and the ch at the end is the loch sound. LEE-shakh.
- s before e or i → sh
- ch → the back-of-the-throat sound in loch — not ch as in church
- ao → ee, or ay in Munster
The story behind the name
A name that is really a county: in use among the O'Mores, who were the lords of Laois until the first plantation took it from them in 1556.
Where the name belongs
Meanings follow Ó Corráin & Maguire's Irish Names and Woulfe; pronunciations give the commonest Irish-English form. Know this name better — a dialect pronunciation, a family tradition? Tell us. · All Irish names A–Z