Learn the Irish: Dublin Accent

(72.3MB, 73 minutes) 2011 Edition  

Dublin Irish (do you need Northern?  West - Galway?  South - Cork?)

This download includes a written examination for learning the Dublin Irish accent, and the following sound files featuring Accent Help coach Jim Johnson:

Play Audio Sample:

1. Introduction to Sound Placement, Intonation, and Helpful Hints for speaking with a Dublin accent (5:09)
2. Consonant sound changes when learning an Irish accent for Dublin (10:38)
3. Vowel sound changes for the Dublin accent (6:04)
4. changes to Diphthongs in Dublin accents (6:01)
5. Alternate Pronunciations for words when speaking with a Dublin accent (1:56)
6. Wrap up to learning a Dublin Irish accent (1:38)
7. Dunemead Male reading (1:08)
8. + his conversation (6:15)
9. Skerries Female reading (1:03)
10. + her conversation (:56)
11. Dublin 16 Female reading (1:01)
12. + her conversation (4:44)
13. Dublin Male reading (1:25)
14. + his conversation (3:46)
15. Wicklow Male reading (1:11)
16. + his conversation (7:26)
17. Dublin Male reading (1:13)
18. + his conversation (5:16)
19. Dublin Female reading (1:06)
20. + her conversation (5:15)

This download focuses on learning a Dublin Irish accent, including recordings of Dublin natives and others from nearby suburbs.  There is a lot in common with accents of the northern parts of Ireland, especially the intonation pattern.  It's quite different from the accents of the west and southwest of Ireland.  

Whatever accent you're working on, it's a good idea to get our FREE guide to learning accents and dialects - it will help you to get started with some basic terms and ideas for learning accents.  (We've also included it in this download.)

Though these sound files have been remastered to reduce background noise, most of these recordings are made "in the field" so you will hear such things as birds, cars or other people in the background.  A transcription of the conversations is included to help you follow along.  This download also contains four versions of the written materials:  A printer-friendly pdf, a pdf that is in a larger format for use on a portable reading device, and both mobi and epub editions for other portable readers.