AccentHelp's Jim Johnson talks through the intonation pattern for accents in the West of Ireland, such as the Galway accent. It has a lot in common ... What is the city or area where I could learn English similar to the American in Europe? so I believe that this fact could be quite useful. Thank you very much.. read more
Intimidation is a big factor in Galway, I grew up there, everyone likes to fight. On the other hand the upper classes have a more subtle accent , kind of posh lol. Then the country folks or farmers who have, you guessed it, a farmers accent . read more
If u're ever watching TG4, wait for a bit when one of the Gaeltacht lads says an English word, eg Boston, It comes out like it's the first time they ever said it - mBoston, That I reckon is the a good example of Galway accent, can't speak for any other parts of Galway though. read more
To update: I have an idea of what a Galway accent is now as there was a bunch of Galway old-timers doing maintenance work in my apartment block a few weeks back. Plus, there was some film about James Joyce (the one with Ewan McGregor) on RTÉ a few days ago and the woman who played Nora Barnacle seemed to have a pretty good Galway accent. read more