Which famous Irish person has the nicest accent?

ILoveYourVibes

Gay Byrne.

Chiparus

Anthony Clare

ILoveYourVibes

Chiparus wrote: »

Anthony Clare

i did a search the first thing i found was him interviewing JIMMY SAVILLE!

jimgoose

Don Wycherley.

Insect Overlord

Charlene McKenna.

EmmetSpiceland

Ronnie Drew.
Imelda May.
Tony Cantwell.
Susan Keogh.

biko

Gráinne Seoige

rossie1977

Frostbit guy or Bridie from Roscommon

Be right back

Liam Neeson.

tayto lover

John Harding

sheesh

John Creedon

ILoveYourVibes

I don't know half of these !

JohnnyFlash

Paul McGrath has a lovely speaking voice.

howamidifferent

Nadine Coyle

JohnnyFlash

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Ronnie Drew.
Imelda May.
Tony Cantwell.
Susan Keogh.

You forgot the dude who does the Auld Mr Brennan ads, Emmet.

JustAThought

The beardey guy who used to read the news in Irish for decades in RTE - not sure what he was saying but he always had a lovely voice.

AdrianBalboa

Say what you like about him but Ryan Tubridy has a lovely accent.

whisky_galore

Mike Murphy.

ArnoldJRimmer

Ger Loughnane

Feisar

rossie1977 wrote: »

Frostbit guy or Bridie from Roscommon

Quantum Erasure

I actually like Saiorse Ronan's accent...

Mysterypunter

Sadly missed, but I thought Delores O'Riordan had.

John Frank Wilson

Daniel.

El Tarangu

The late Derek Davies had a very soothing manner of speaking.

jiltloop

AdrianBalboa wrote: »

Say what you like about him but Ryan Tubridy has a lovely accent.

I assume you're taking the p!ss? :eek:

.anon.

The actor Mick Lally had a very nice speaking voice. Clear, unpretentious and unmistakably west of Ireland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33HpaXSr0R0

EmmetSpiceland

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

You forgot the dude who does the Auld Mr Brennan ads, Emmet.

Fair point, J. If we have to go outside the Pale I suppose we could give “honourable” mentions to Michael Harding, Eddie Lenihan and Mícheál Ó’Muircheartaigh.

JohnnyFlash

jiltloop wrote: »

I assume you're taking the p!ss? :eek:

It’s quite trendy around here to hate everything to do with RTE and Tubridy in particular, but he does have a nice speaking voice.

AdrianBalboa

jiltloop wrote: »

I assume you're taking the p!ss? :eek:

Not at all. In fact I'm surprised to hear so many voices from down the country represented in this thread.

Porklife

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Paul McGrath has a lovely speaking voice.

Such a lovely guy too.

Colin Farrell although he definitely hams it up. Still a really sexy voice though.

NickNickleby

Noel Purcell, lovely Dublin accent without the nasal twang so beloved of the scangers.

Speaking of Dublin accents. Shane Ross. hahahahahaha FFS. get a grip, Nick.

John Creedon
Derek Davis


When you think about it, there are quite a few to choose from, and I like most Irish accents, apart from the D4 type accent which is now heard all along the DORT line, and even outside Dublin.

WhenPigsCry

Saoirse does, haters gonna hate etc.

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

It’s quite trendy around here to hate everything to do with RTE and Tubridy in particular, but he does have a nice speaking voice.

His voice has an annoying nasal quality.

AdrianBalboa

WhenPigsCry wrote: »

His voice has an annoying nasal quality.

I doubt you would say that if his name ended with an "o" and he grew up north of the Liffey. Reverse snobbery is just as bad as regular snobbery.

John Frank Wilson

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Paul McGrath has a lovely speaking voice.

Porklife wrote: »

Such a lovely guy too.

Indeed, I actually think this has EVERYTHING to do with how 'nice' an accent is, you could literally put any accent on Paul - and because the inside of his brain is so wholesome, his 'accent' would sound 'nice'. In other words, 'nice' 'accents' are absolute nonsense, it is ALL about whose head the voice is coming out of, in my very honest opinion.

Say Your Number

John Giles.

Jonathan Ryan, maybe not that famous but nearly everyone here would recognise that voice from radio/television ads.

http://voiceover.ie/

Frankie Machine

Not famous famous, but Lilian Smith on Radio 1.

Gorgeous voice and accent.

.anon.

Say Your Number wrote: »

Jonathan Ryan, maybe not that famous but nearly everyone here would recognise that voice from radio/television ads.

http://voiceover.ie/

And some of us would remember him from the early episodes of Bosco.

Quantum Erasure

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

I actually like Saiorse Ronan's accent...

:eek:

Frankie Machine

.anon. wrote: »

And some of us would remember him from the early episodes of Bosco.

Also did Anois is Arís.

mousblaster17

francis brennan has a nice accent

saabsaab

Jack Lynch and one time news reader Charles Mitchell

COVID

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

It’s quite trendy around here to hate everything to do with RTE and Tubridy in particular, but he does have a nice speaking voice.

And he's great with the kids on the 'Late Late Toy Show Christmas Special'.

I sincerely hope he's adequately remunerated for his trouble.

Tuco88

Richard Harris.

Frank Kelly.

careful_now

Michael Lester

punisher5112

Pierse brosnan

punisher5112

MATT DAMON

Lynn Door

Bressie.
I dont even care about Leo.

jiltloop

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

It’s quite trendy around here to hate everything to do with RTE and Tubridy in particular, but he does have a nice speaking voice.

I completely disagree, his accent is so affected and faux American chat show host I can't stand it.

You can call it trendy (in an attempt to dismiss that hate) but there's plenty of valid substance behind RTE and Tubridy hate. However even if I was an RTE fan though I would still find that accent and smarmy forced demeanour and voice grating.

jiltloop

Can't think of another voice that could trump the Paul McGrath mention so far to be honest.

I like Chris O'Dowd's voice a lot as well but probably because I find him funny and affable and his accent is a nice soft country accent.

s1ippy

Sgt Healy in young offenders, Dominic MacHale. We did a taste tour of the docklands in 2017 and he was the guide. Some craic and he's a really sound lad. He has a nice normal suburban Cork accent.

Actually Laura Healy and Tadhg Hickey in that video have nice Cork accents as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbkNwm9G5sg

EmmetSpiceland

jiltloop wrote: »

I like Chris O'Dowd's voice a lot as well but probably because I find him funny and affable and his accent is a nice soft country accent.

He’s very good in the tv version of ‘Get Shorty’, well worth watching.