How to write an irish accent

When your reader is noticing the writing, you’re pulling them out of the story. At most, I’d recommend just throwing in one or two, easy to pronounce dialect changes. For example, using “em” instead of “them” when the character speaks that word. You’ll just have to think of ones that sound Irish.

Often described as a lilting brogue, the Irish accent is a fascinating variety of English full of outlandish slang and flowing, musical intonations. Indeed, linguists use the term Hiberno-English to refer to the lively bunch of Irish English varieties scattered throughout the island.

If you’re in Ireland, your keyboard should already be configured to be for Ireland. In that case, on a PC, just hold down Ctrl and Alt and type the letter. Alternatively, this might work too: Hold the alt key down and for the lower case: alt+ 0225= á, 0233=é, 0237=í, 0243= ó, 0250=ú.

The term brogue (/broʊɡ/ BROHG) generally refers to an Irish accent. Less commonly, it may also refer to certain other regional forms of English, in particular those of Scotland or the English West Country. The word was first recorded in 1689.

27 per cent considered the Irish accent most attractive. A Northern Irish accent was considered most attractive by only 8 per cent of those surveyed. The study of 4,000 adults, published today, reveals that 27 per cent considered the Irish accent most attractive.

Finally – we have Donegal. Unsurprisingly, this universally adored accent is number one our list of Irish counties with the sexiest accents. The Donegal accent is commonly described as the sexiest accent in all of the Emerald Isle across numerous surveys, and we couldn’t agree more.

The research also found that Donegal accents ranked at the most difficult to understand, with Cork and Kerry following closely behind. And Dublin ranked top of the list of accents people would like to have, with 19% of respondents naming it as the accent they would chose if they could.