No way I can think of pronouncing it sounds like a name I've heard before.... so how is it pronounced exactly?
I recently fell in love with this man as an actor after seeing him in Rome, I could not have asked for a better Caesar.... and when I speak of how great he was, I want to actually be able to say his name.
The first syllable is KEER.
The most common English version of the name is Kieran and that's basically how Mr. Hinds says his name.
The name is also very commonly pronounced with an elongated sound for the second syllable (in Irish, that is what the diacritical mark -- called a fada in Irish -- does to the final 'a') -- in other words, KEER-awn. Many people, mostly in Ireland, pronounce his name this way.
Here you can listen to his name, scroll a little bit down
www.ciaranhinds.eu/bio.htm
http://www.ciaranhinds.eu/sounds/say_ciaran_hinds.mp3
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes