Why doesn't Holly Cairns have any trace whatsoever of a Cork accent?

405_Lines_TV · 18-11-2025 06:35PM #1

It was genuinely surprising to hear her mention in an interview recently that she did her leaving Cert in Schull Community College, I thought she'd have to have boarded from the age of 10 in Alexandra's in Dublin to sound so D4, but no she's lived all her life in west Cork. So how did she end up not speaking like a Cork person?

Jack Daw · 18-11-2025 07:33PM

Because loads of women (and it is women in 95% of cases) decide to put on this D4 Americanized type accent , probably because they hear it on TV so much and think it makes them seem sophisticated.

Hangdogroad · 18-11-2025 08:45PM

She's the daughter of English hippies. Loads of them in west Cork and their children always have posh accents.

freshpopcorn · 19-11-2025 12:25PM

I'm from county Cork.

Not all of us sound like The Young Offenders.

Mother Shaboobu · 19-11-2025 06:42PM

West Cork isn't the same as "Cark". Extremely posh in parts. Yeah there are plenty of places in West Cork where people have the rural Cork accent, but Schull - not so much.

silliussoddius · 19-11-2025 06:43PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124001618#Comment_124001618

C4?

Mother Shaboobu · 19-11-2025 06:45PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124001621#Comment_124001621

That's literally what Schull and its surrounds is referred to as.

Hande hoche! · 21-11-2025 09:36AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124001621#Comment_124001621

Explosive comment.

eightieschewbaccy · 23-11-2025 10:11AM

I'm from Cork, don't put any effort into modifying my accent. Most people don't think I'm from Cork. Irish accents are so broad and varied so it's really not that strange.

Why doesn't Holly Cairns have any trace whatsoever of a Cork accent?

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