When performed well, the lilting brogue of the Irish accent sounds mellifluous and musical. When performed poorly, it can sound campy—even egregious. But what makes one Irish accent good and another ...

The man developed an Irish brogue even though he had never been to locations in Ireland like Dublin, pictured here. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images) This may have been a wee bit of a surprise.

Johan Verhoeven received funding from the Leverhulme Foundation. Stefanie Keulen received funding from Research Council of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (2013-2017) and the Research Foundation ...

The Irish immigrants in the United States over the last 250 years has left a lasting legacy, that being how Americans speak. The tapestry of American accents and dialects is a rich and diverse mosaic, ...

The word game Scrabble has been made available in Gaelic for the first time. The new edition features 18 characters, rather than 26, because the Gaelic alphabet does ...