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Accordinhg to Namenerds the pronuciation is 'MY-rut'
"Mairead; Mairearad MY rut; MEH rut; MY ru rut"
http://www.namenerds.com/scottish/scotformchick.html

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and according to the Celtic Names of Britain and Ireland the pronuciation is 'MAY-ret'
"Mairead — (MAY-ret or MA-ee-rat)"
http://www.daire.org/names/celtscotfem.html

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Either way it appears that the final 'd' is pronounced as a 't' and the pronuciation guides I can find for Scottish Gaelic back this up.

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~Louise x
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Charles Frederick & Isabel Primrose

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This message was edited 7/11/2006, 12:33 PM

The Scottish pronounciation is the same as the Irish one, for both Mairead and Maighread.