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ONE SMALL ISLAND, 32 counties, 32 accents…
Plaaaaaaaaasters.
There’s a Kildare accent and then there’s a Kildare accent.
Sinead O'Carroll / TwitterJust took a call from someone with the thickest Kildare accent I've ever heard. Couldn't understand a word. And I'm from Kildare.
— Sinéad O'Carroll (@SineadOCarroll) July 6, 2012
Come here and I wantcha.
Instagram / FuscsiaMacaree
Instagram / FuscsiaMacaree / FuscsiaMacaree
Say it out loud.
John Maguire / Twitter@rickoshea I heard of a guy named Tommy Keating whose nickname was Atomic Kitten. It makes sense in a Waterford accent.
— John Maguire (@JMaguireCritic) October 1, 2012
Shligoah.
Annie West / TwitterThis is what @coderdojosligo sounds like in a Sligo accent. CoahderdoahjoahShligoah. I know this because I just heard it.
— Annie West (@anniewestdotcom) April 26, 2014
“Calm yet slightly threatening”.
Cathal Sheridan / TwitterA long car journey makes the array of music and the calm yet slightly threatening Derry accent of @PMcLoone a necessity📻🎵
— Cathal Sheridan (@catsheridan1) December 3, 2014
“Coirk”.
Katie / //TwitterNo one can say Cork without putting on a cork accent
— Katie// (@CxppaNiall) November 28, 2014
Brian O' Donoghue / TwitterWicklow accent is absolutely chronic!!! Why is every sentence a question?!?!?! Sorry Leighton Glynn but WTF #GAA #thesundaygame @GAAScores
— Brian O’Donoghue (@BrianODonoghue1) June 10, 2012
Longford discrimination.
Johnny Fallon / TwitterITs a weird thing but the Iphone doesnt really recognise the longford accent so that whole voice control thing is pointless for us....
— Johnny Fallon (@jonnyfallon) April 25, 2013
Grand for a sit on Curracloe beach.
Universally adored.
Megäbomb✨ / TwitterI wish I could hear my Donegal accent so I could get why everyone loves it so much
— Megan McCafferty (@MegsMcCafferty) September 26, 2014
Liathroim.
Colin Griffin / Twitter@PaddyMcKenna pure Liathroim alright. Fair play to young lad for setting his old fella up!
— Colin Griffin (@colingriffin) February 3, 2014
The struggle is real.
Ryan Lee / Twitter#irishthings where everyone assumes a Monaghan accent is a Donegal accent !
— Ryan Lee (@Stay_Vicious20) January 29, 2012
The seductive Mayo accent.
daniel / Twitterthis page on facebook is a fact "Putting on a Mayo accent to get the shift"....hon the mayo lads...maigh eo abu
— Daniel (@lkbjrfucjh) March 9, 2013
Kildare-Kikenny shade.
Gobble gobble.
Broadsheet.ie
Broadsheet.ie
The Fall has a lot to answer for.
Tree Arena. Bleedin’ deadly.
Dave Magee / TwitterThe Point / O2 to be renamed 'The 3 Arena'? They didn't think that through in a Dublin accent, may as well call it 'The Forest'.
— Dave (@DaveLaFaro) September 4, 2014
You can take the girl out of Galway…
@MeganMcCanny
@MeganMcCanny
Harsh.
“A nice breeze”.
Naomi O'Leary / TwitterSomeone from Kerry was on the tube. I sort of turned my ear towards her to enjoy her accent like a nice breeze.
— Naomi O'Leary (@NaomiOhReally) June 25, 2014
Near calving.
@colydawg
@colydawg
Aoife Dempsey / TwitterEverytime mam comes home from Roscommon she comes home with the chronic accent. ''The lasht time I saw that girleen'' .. Right mam
— Aoife Dempsey (@Aoife_DempseyTB) March 23, 2014
JP Quinn / TwitterHaha they are going to need subtitles for the Tullow accent on O'Brien
— JP Quinn (@jpq1984) October 2, 2011
Authenticity is key.
Neasa O'Brien / TwitterI love saying "Armagh" in an Armagh accent.
— Neasa O'Brien (@NeasaOBrien1) June 10, 2013
Romance.
Say Katie in a Fermanagh accent…
Katie Jones / TwitterIt appears that the Americans are finding the Fermanagh accent difficult to understand... X pic.twitter.com/qcD5Ow6wT9
— Katie Jones (@kbjones16) March 28, 2013
You caaaan’t deny it.
keila / Twitteraoife flattery:
— keila-ana (@KeilaAnaWhelan) May 25, 2014
I dooooont haaaave an aaaaccent
*in thickest meath accent ever*
Michael Kelly / TwitterWoman says to me "you don't have a Tyrone accent". Can't work out if it's a criticism or a compliment.
— Michael Kelly ن (@MichaelPTKelly) December 6, 2013
“Fair annoyed”.
Jennifer O'Brien / TwitterSo the Tipperary accent is said to have the least pulling power? Utter rubbish by. Fair annoyed at that kid #upTipp :P
— Jennifer O'Brien (@Jen_OBrien1) February 27, 2012
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