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Which famous Irish person has the nicest accent?

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    #32
    WhenPigsCry
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    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.


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    #33
    AdrianBalboa
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    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.


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    #34
    John Frank Wilson
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    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.


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    #35
    Say Your Number
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    John Giles.

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

    http://voiceover.ie/


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    #36
    Frankie Machine
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    Not famous famous, but Lilian Smith on Radio 1.

    Gorgeous voice and accent.


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    #37
    .anon.
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    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.


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    #38
    [Deleted User]
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    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    I actually like Saiorse Ronan's accent...

    :eek:


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    Frankie Machine
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    .anon. wrote: »
    And some of us would remember him from the early episodes of Bosco.

    Also did Anois is Arís.


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    #40
    mousblaster17
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    francis brennan has a nice accent


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    #41
    saabsaab
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    Jack Lynch and one time news reader Charles Mitchell


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    #42
    COVID
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    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.


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    #43
    Tuco88
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    Richard Harris.

    Frank Kelly.


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    #44
    careful_now
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    Michael Lester


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    #45
    punisher5112
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    Pierse brosnan


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    #46
    punisher5112
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    MATT DAMON


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    #47
    Lynn Door
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    Bressie.
    I dont even care about Leo.


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    #48
    jiltloop
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    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.


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    #49
    jiltloop
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    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.


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    #50
    s1ippy
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    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


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    EmmetSpiceland
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    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.

    The tide is turning…



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    #52
    thecomedian
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    Terry Wogan


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    #53
    Bowlardo
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    The girl that visits billionaires houses. I love her accent


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    [Deleted User]
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    Lynn Door wrote: »
    Bressie.
    I dont even care about Leo.

    wasn't there a rumour going around that Bressie and Leo had a fling.


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    McGinniesta
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    glasso wrote: »
    wasn't there a rumour going around that Bressie and Leo had a fling.

    Flinging the accents off each other.


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    #56
    McGinniesta
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    I don't usually watch the Graham Norton show a lot but I recently heard him interviewed by Pat Kenny and he sounded different than he does while presenting. He seemed a lot more measured and composed.

    I thought he came across well and he went up in my estimation a good deal.


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    #57
    sligojoek
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    Katie Hannon.


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    #58
    Frankie Machine
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    Della Kilroy


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    jimgoose
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    .anon. wrote: »
    And some of us would remember him from the early episodes of Bosco.

    Indeed, as well as Dr. Hickey in The Irish RM. I also hear he turned up in Vikings.


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    #60
    [Deleted User]
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    Brendan Gleeson


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    [Deleted User]
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    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Pierse brosnan

    Upper class and very credible


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