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IE-ra, much like the masculine name Ira.

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♦ Andrew ♦

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Marie: "Oh my G*d he's in a cult!"
Robert: "It's not a cult, Ma, it's just a bunch of people who care about me, who want to see me happy!"
Marie: "You have that here, you stupid a*s!"
~Quote from "Everybody Loves Raymond"

If you mean the Welsh pronunciation, I gather from this site

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http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/fun/welsh/Lesson01.html

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that the diphthong "ei" in Welsh does not have an exact counterpart in English. It would sound something like a schwa ("uh") followed quickly, almost blended with, "ee." Like: [Uh-ee]-ra. Personally I would prefer to write this as OY-ra. But that is not exactly correct, I don't think. Check out the soundfiles for the diphthong on the site, that should give you some idea.

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In English, I believe it's just like the name Ira, with a long I as we're used to hearing in Eileen.

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- chazda

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I'd say ear-ah based on my very, very limited Welsh lol

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"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"

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"Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble