sentences:  Even outside of school, a woman may, if she so chooses, be known as Máire on all legal documents as an Irish person's name has a legal form in either official language of the State.For example; a woman named "Mary Murphy" in English would be known in Irish as "Máire Ní Mhurchú" if she is unmarried and "Máire Uí Mhurchú" if she is married.Due to a very strong devotion of Irish Catholics to the Blessed Virgin Mary, a special exception is made for her name.