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“We have a tradition of passing our history orally and singing a lot of it and writing songs about it and there's kind of a calling in Irish voices when they're singing in their Irish accent.”

Writing Kind Song Voice Calling Singing Tradition Passing Passings Accents Writing Songs Irish Accent

Author:Sinead O'Connor

“I've heard some duff Irish accents. The worst must be Mickey Rourke.”

Heard Worst Accents Mickey Irish Accent

Author:James Nesbitt

“I can do Shakespeare, Ibsen, English accents, Irish accents, no accent, stand on my head, tap dance, sing, look 17 or look 70.”

Looks I Can Can Do Accents Tap Dance Ibsen Irish Accent

Author:Diane Ladd

“The Spy Who Came in from the Cold was the work of a wayward imagination brought to the end of its tether by political disgust and personal confusion. Fifty years on, I don't associate the book with anything that ever happened to me, save for one wordless encounter at London airport when a worn-out, middle-aged military kind of man in a stained raincoat slammed a handful of mixed foreign change on to the bar and in gritty Irish accents ordered himself as much Scotch as it would buy. In that moment, Alec Leamas was born. Or so my memory, not always a reliable informant, tells me.”

“I'm going to name drop like an idiot now, but Bono rang me up once, right? I don't know how he got my number, but I, ever so stupidly, and obviously thought it was one of my mates mocking about. So I was like, "Yeah, whatever." And it was him, but I even went to him, "That's not even a good Irish accent!"”

Knows Humor Funny Names Numbers Know How Yeah Idiot Mates Accents Irish Accent

Author:Noel Fielding

“When's the last time you walked by a pub in Dublin and heard Irish music? When's the last time you ordered a coffee and heard an Irish accent?”

Lasts Heard Coffee Accents Last Time Pubs Dublin Irish Music Irish Accent

Author:Michael Flatley

“I used to go to the school folk club with my songs when I was only 13 or so and say "this is a traditional folk song" and sing it with a bad Irish accent to disguise the real source.”

Real School Used Song Source Folks Clubs Traditional Accents Disguise Folk Songs Irish Accent

Author:Mark Knopfler

“I grew up with a very strong Irish accent.”

Strong Grew Grew Up Very Strong Accents Irish Accent

Author:Dolores O'Riordan

“Caitriona Balfe, who is Irish, is also in my movie. I asked her to play her Irish accent in the movie, but her own brogue is so faint that I had to keep pumping it up.”

Play Accents Brogues Irish Accent

Author:Jodie Foster

“I think I'm going to keep my Irish accent forever now in any movie I make, because chicks dig it and that's all I care about now!”

Thinking Care Forever Accents I Care Chicks Irish Accent

Author:Chris O'Dowd

“You didn’t tell me she was so soft on the eyes,” he said to Patch, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. He spoke with a heavy Irish accent. “I didn’t tell her how hard you are on them either,” Patch returned, his mouth at the relaxed stage just before a grin.”

Said Hard Hands Eye Stage Mouths Heavy Spokes Accents Relaxed Patches Irish Accent

Book:The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale

Source: The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale