How to sound like a proper Irish person

Posted on by Niall McArdle

I’ve whined before about dreadful “Oirish” accents.

I came across a great video on Facebook, via Hairy Baby, a great Irish tee-shirt company: I sing their praises here.

source: hairy baby. If you don't get the joke, you need to watch 'Father Ted'
source: hairy baby.
If you don’t get the joke, you need to watch ‘Father Ted’

The video does a pretty good job explaining some of the different regional accents you’ll hear in Ireland.

And there isn’t a begorrah to be heard.

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