Origin of Irish accents

markomuscle · 2013-06-21 23:58:22

Even without the ulster plantations would northerners still have ended up with an accent similar to Scottish due to how close they are? How did the southern accents form? 1000 years ago did someone from Munster still have that distinctive accent when speaking irish?

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#92 17-05-2016 07:25AM

Sgt Hartman

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I've always been fascinated with the border counties accent that you find in Louth, Cavan and Monaghan. It seems to be a strange hybrid of both an Ulster and a Midlands accent and for some reason they can't pronounce their R's.

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