Editing Regional accents of English (section)

===Ireland===
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[[Ireland]] has several main groups of accents, including (1) the accents of Ulster, with a strong influence from Scotland as well as the underlying Gaelic linguistic stratum, which in that province approaches the Gaelic of Scotland, (2) those of Dublin and surrounding areas on the east coast where English has been spoken since the earliest period of colonisation from Britain, and (3) the various accents of west, midlands, and south.

====Ulster====

The [[Ulster]] accent has two main sub accents, namely [[Mid Ulster English]] and [[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster Scots]]. The language is spoken throughout the nine counties of Ulster and in some northern areas of bordering counties such as [[County Louth|Louth]] and [[County Leitrim|Leitrim]]. It bears many similarities to Scottish English through influence from the [[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster varieties]] of [[Scots language|Scots]].
Some characteristics of the Ulster accent include:

* As in Scotland, the vowels {{IPA|/ʊ/}} and {{IPA|/u/}} are merged, so that ''look'' and ''Luke'' are homophonous. The vowel is a [[high central rounded vowel]], {{IPA|[ʉ]}}.
* The diphthong {{IPA|/aʊ/}} is pronounced approximately {{IPA|[əʉ]}}, but wide variation exists, especially between [[social class]]es in [[Belfast]].
* In Belfast, {{IPA|/eɪ/}} is a monophthong in open syllables (e.g. ''day'' {{IPA|[dɛː]}}) but an ingliding diphthong in closed syllables (e.g. ''daze'' {{IPA|[deəz]}}). But the monophthong remains when inflectional endings are added, thus ''daze'' contrasts with ''days'' {{IPA|[dɛːz]}}.
* The [[alveolar consonant|alveolar stops]] {{IPA|/t, d/}} become [[dental consonant|dental]] before {{IPA|/r, ər/}}, e.g. '''''t'''ree'' and ''spi'''d'''er''.
* {{IPA|/t/}} often undergoes [[flapping]] to {{IPA|[ɾ]}} before an [[lexical stress|unstressed]] syllable, e.g. ''eighty'' {{IPA|[ˈeəɾi]}}

====Connacht, Leinster, and Munster====
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The accent of these three [[Provinces of Ireland|provinces]] fluctuates greatly from the flat tone of the midlands counties of Laois, Kildare, and Offaly to the perceived [[Intonation (linguistics)|sing-song]] of Cork and Kerry to the soft accents of Mayo and Galway.

Historically, the Dublin City and county area, parts of Wicklow and Louth, came under heavy exclusive influence from the first English settlements, known as ''The Pale''. It remained until Independence from Britain as the biggest concentration of English influence on the whole island.

Some Cork accents have a unique lyrical intonation. Every sentence typically ends in the trademark elongated tail-off on the last word. In Cork, heavier emphasis yet is put on the "brrr" sound to the letter "R." This is usually the dialect in northern parts of Cork City.

Similar to the Cork accent but without the same intonation, Kerry puts even heavier emphasis on the "brrr" sound to the letter "R.", for example, the word "forty". Throughout the south, this word is pronounced whereby the "r" exhibits the typified Irish "brrr". In Kerry, especially in rural areas, the roll on the "r" is enforced with vibrations from the tongue, not unlike Scottish here. 

"Are you?" becomes a cojoined "A-rrou?" single tongue flutter, especially in rural areas. This extra emphasis on "R" is also seen in varying measures through parts of West Limerick and West Cork in closer proximity to Kerry.

Another feature in the Kerry accent is the "S" before the consonant. True to its Gaelic origins in a manner similar to parts of Connacht, "s" maintains the "shh" sound as in "shop" or "sheep". The word "start" becomes "shtart", and "stop" becomes "shtop".

====Irish Travellers====

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[[Irish Traveller]]s have a very distinct accent closely related to a rural [[Hiberno-English]], particularly the English of south-eastern Ireland. Many Irish Travellers who were born in parts of Dublin or Britain have the accent in spite of it being strikingly different from the local accents in those regions. They have their own language, [[Shelta]], which strongly links in with their dialect/accent of English.