Sing it to me: Named after a hit song

Martha Brennan talks to three women whose parents found inspiration in the musical hits of their generation — including the daughter of one man who came up with her name at the Kinsale Jazz Festival

Sally Jean Bohan, Kinsale, Co Cork. 

We Irish love a good story, so it’s no surprise that many of us have names with some sort of tale behind them. Whether it’s a family heirloom, a special Gaelic meaning or, more common nowadays, a song.

Parents are stepping away from the days when children were named after saints, often turning to something more niche, like music, for inspiration.