Worst Irish Accents EVER!

Kimia

I have 2 notable worst Irish accents ever and I think many will agree with me.

Tom Cruise in Far & Away. I only saw about 10 mins of it and it was just outrageously bad. Cringeworthy.

If anyone used to watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel was 'Irish' apparently. They used to do these flashback scenes where he was in Ireland back in the olden days and he had the absolute worst Irish accent I have ever ever heard.

It was a mix of Northern Irish and Cork I think. Very up and downy. Brutal.

topper75

Could he have been from Wexford then?:pac:

xabi

When I read the title my answer was going to be Dublin.

X.

Zadkiel

Julia Roberts in Michael Collins.....just terrible.
Richard Gere in the Jackal....seriously man wtf

spurious

Dana.

Wagon

Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus in Boondock Saints. But because the rest of their performance was good they managed to get away with it. not easy.

Xavi6

Cork people

Professey Chin

Kimia wrote: »

If anyone used to watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel was 'Irish' apparently. They used to do these flashback scenes where he was in Ireland back in the olden days and he had the absolute worst Irish accent I have ever ever heard.

It was a mix of Northern Irish and Cork I think. Very up and downy. Brutal.

Well he was supposed to be from Galway which is half between the north and cork so he didnt do that bad a job :pac:

Id go with Colin Farrell pretending to be American doin an Irish accent in Daredevil

ZiMZuM

Leonardo DiCaprio in Gangs of New York!eeeek :eek:

Turd Ferguson

Colin Farrell in In Bruges. Who does he think he's kidding with that one :rolleyes:

banshee_bones

Gerard Butler in P.S I love you.....


Criiiiinge...........

Kimia

Kimia wrote: »

If anyone used to watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel was 'Irish' apparently. They used to do these flashback scenes where he was in Ireland back in the olden days and he had the absolute worst Irish accent I have ever ever heard.

To be fair I think they purposely made him speak like that. He is totally equiped to know better. He was married to an Irish woman before the playboy bunny.

Biggins

Have to agree with the Tom "Nutcase" Cruise nomination.
Like his cult, his accent was just out of this world!

Mr.Lizard

Brian O'Driscolls accent is pretty horrible. Also, people from Cork.

jenizzle

Yer wan that was in Heroes.... woeful accent.

Kimia

I forgot about Gerard Butler. What was the deal with him calling yer one 'baby' all the time in that horrific way. Shudder.

And I like him! He was lovely in 300 which has to be one of the best films ever for pure enjoyment sake.

I did mean people pretending to be Irish but yes Colin Farrell is a strange one. Apparently he's supposed to be quite posh but he talks like a gouger. I suppose it's because he is so hard core.

Latchy

Some northern and central Ireland accents are very harsh ie ,Belfast and Leitrim .Brad Pitts knacker accent in that boxing film was like marbles rolling around in puke ,,yearrraghhhhhh

sdanseo

Mr.Lizard wrote: »

Brian O'Driscolls accent is pretty horrible. Also, people from Cork.

Ahh now, don't be confusing Irish accent with the "D4" accent.

Kimia

Oh lord the D4 accent. It makes my stomach turn and my teeth grate.

mikemac

Most of the bad ones have been mentioned. I can forgive an American but Gerald Butler from Scotland is inexcusable, what went wrong?

So on another note, Daniel Day Lewis had the accent perfect for In the Name of the Father.
Great actor

offtopic I know

Latchy

Sometimes it's hard to pin point the accents on those rugby guys .O Gara I am not sure .Female interviewer for BBC after last weeks match asked him about his kicking and in a flash he replied '' I made a balls of it .

Got to be a Lietrim ,Tipparay or Cork man .:p

mikemac

latchyco wrote: »

Some northern and central Ireland accents are very harsh ie ,Belfast and Leitrim .Brad Pitts knacker accent in that boxing film was like marbles rolling around in puke ,,yearrraghhhhhh

You're referring to Snatch?
They never once implied that that characther was Irish

Hence the line:
It's not English, it's not Irish, it's just pikey.
Paraphrasing that quote, it's how I remember it

thebigcheese22

Kimia wrote: »

Oh lord the D4 accent. It makes my stomach turn and my teeth grate.

Oh my GOD, I can't believed you uttered such a statement you poor peasant... :pac:

Latchy

mikemac wrote: »

You're referring to Snatch?
They never once implied that that characther was Irish?

Hence the line:
It's not English, it's not Irish, it's just pikey.
Paraphrasing that quote, it's how I remember it

Yeah Snatch .Crossbreed so .

RaverRo808

Sean Connery in the untochables,didnt know Irish people had Scottish accents

Fat_Fingers

Anywhere outside Dublin

hazelhoff

banshee_bones wrote: »

Gerard Butler in P.S I love you.....


Criiiiinge...........

totally agree that made me sick looking at it the way hes says and DRAGS out HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLY, ridiculous irish accent!!!

seanybiker

the "irish" chap in grand theft auto 4. Brutal.

topper75

What did those vowel sounds ever do to deserve such treatment from D4 people?!!!!

Really, it isn't people who live in D4 postal address with the problem judging by my visits to south Dublin. It is outsiders seeking to sound 'posh' or 'sophisticated'. A desperate desire to be associated with the monied classes, this desire in it itself being rooted in major insecurity.

Call me biased, dismissive, or prejudiced - but once I hear somebody open their mouth and talk in that stupid AA Roadwatch accent, I've already found out all I want to know about them.

If you speak in your natural accent, then there are no bad Irish accents really. If you put on a posh or knacker accent - that is where the problems start.

Rented Mule

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Colin Farrell in In Bruges. Who does he think he's kidding with that one :rolleyes:

His American accents make me cringe.

The winner overall has got to be Tommy Leee Jones in Blown Away.

noel farrell

this is going back a bit sean connery in darby o gill and the little people great actor should have kept his scottish one :o

Rented Mule

latchyco wrote: »

Some northern and central Ireland accents are very harsh ie ,Belfast and Leitrim .Brad Pitts knacker accent in that boxing film was like marbles rolling around in puke ,,yearrraghhhhhh

Greatest accent ever in any film.

D'ye like dags ??

biko

That guy with the ugly haircut in Spin the Bottle, Rats

thebigcheese22

biko wrote: »

That guy with the ugly haircut in Spin the Bottle, Rats

Never got that film.. was it supposed to be a comedy or what??

dlambirl

I think any actor that isnt irish trying to do a irish accent is laughable!! It just cant be done.

biko

thebigcheese22 wrote: »

Never got that film.. was it supposed to be a comedy or what??

I'm not sure, couldn't understand what was being said.

murrayp4

Cavan & Dundalk

TobyZiegler

Has to be Gerard Butler for me too. TERRIBLE!! And what a terrible film!! Though I liked him in 300 as someone else said.

Eerie

Cameron Diaz in Gangs of New York - forgets that she's supposed to have one about halfway through the movie so by the end you're wondering did she really have one at all?????!!!

Breaktown

jenizzle wrote: »

Yer wan that was in Heroes.... woeful accent.

I was so glad when they got rid of her. Her accent used to make me cringe.

Donny5

Gabrielle Anwar in the first two episodes of Burn Notice.

fillmore jive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4_f-Ht5-vY

and.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWU_SteRfOI

Kimia

Ok i have one. Did anyone ever see Shrooms - that horror set in Ireland?

Well the main 'irish' (i think) guy in that boggled my mind. He sounded English, but the film was set in Ireland with a load of American visiting young ones, so I think he was supposed to be irish but it was never really said. But why make a big deal out of it being an 'irish' film bord na scannan - if no-one in it is irish???

See - very confusing.

Kimia

Was he supposed to be Irish! Does anyone know???

Leprachaun

All the accents from any county except dublin,and possibly north wicklow.

yellowcurl

Breaktown wrote: »

I was so glad when they got rid of her. Her accent used to make me cringe.

I'm just glad they cut out all of the Irish part of it. It was laughable how they thought people should act out irish parts. American people trying to do a rural cork accent will just not work!!!

laurashambles

I concur with everyone about yer one from heroes. I'm not trying to be funny or anything, but I honestly thought she was supposed to be South African until someone mentioned she was Irish.

Whoppi Goldberg did one in this movie about leprechauns I saw on tv3 on Paddys day a few years back. She was playing a banshee. It was horrific.

Also, there is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQJrovKgrTw

dlofnep

Agreed on Julia Roberts.. That was ****ing terrible.

The accent on the woman who was head of the Irish Mafia in Death to Smoochy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo33YplsJlo

Bottle_of_Smoke

Kimia wrote: »

Ok i have one. Did anyone ever see Shrooms - that horror set in Ireland?

Well the main 'irish' (i think) guy in that boggled my mind. He sounded English, but the film was set in Ireland with a load of American visiting young ones, so I think he was supposed to be irish but it was never really said. But why make a big deal out of it being an 'irish' film bord na scannan - if no-one in it is irish???

See - very confusing.

I think he mentions goign to school in England at some point. I half think they added that line in when they realised how bad he was at the accent.

Sean Bean in Patriot games is pretty awful

quickbeam

Gerard Butler in PS I Love You is definitely the worst. It honestly makes Cruise's seem decent. But to be fair, there is absolutely no reason why a Scot should be better a the Irish accent than anyone else.

Best accent is James McAvoy in Inside I'm Dancing. Couldn't fault it for a second.

miss.lost

topper75 wrote: »

Could he have been from Wexford then?:pac:

Oi!!!!:mad: