I did enjoy this video very much. I am writing from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My father's paternal side, was originally from Donegal. They traveled to Newfoundland, in the 1840s, settling in Harbor Grace. I thought that it was very effective, the choice that you made to put together a series of miscellaneous media clips, which gives a more well rounded representation, of the accent as a whole - its common similarities, subtleties and variations. Have always been curious about how the accent sounds, so I thank you so much for posting! Cheers!
my granny and granda have a holiday home in the rosses it’s a lovely view of the pier and it’s called “the pier house” i think so that a must do if your ever down there for a few nights x
Half Donegal, half Highland Scot, do you think that's where my love of the uisge beatha came from? If I wasn't living in the Highlands, I would happily live in Donegal: it wouldn't be that difficult to convert my Gaidhlig to Gaeilge. Best county in Ireland.
Worked for a year in Enniskillen, spent most of my weekends roaming the many roads of Donegal. This rings a bell. Oh, yeah, beside the craic, I couldn't get a word of what the locals could be telling me... The French in me got lost... in the pints of Guinness...
The Inishowen accent is the nicest to my ear. I worked in Killybegs for a few years, it took me about 6 months before I understood everything I was hearing. e.g. There was a girl called Jimmy, which I found extremely odd, until one day it clicked and I realised her name was actually Gemma.
excuse me! im from donegal and my accent is not weird! and maybe you should keep your thoughts to yourself! p.s Donegal is the most beutiful place on Earth!
I have an ancestor who came from Donegal, and I was wondering what he might have sounded like in his speech...sadly, I don't know what part of Donegal he lived in!
Join an ancestry group. My dads grandfather , Odonnells came from Glenties, donegal and co cork, Mclaughlins. I didn’t know any of this until recently.
Beautiful all, Nothing to fight about, North to South , East to West, to the Aran Islands, The envy of the world, in Song and story..... Ireland .......My Island !!!!
My Granny came from Ballybofey. We would chuckle when she count in the 30's & 40's. It sounded like Turdies and Farties. She was also wicked & crazy and would bark at us in Irish.
ye forgot all the hot spots if tourists are watching this video!!...>>Letterkenny,Ramelton,Milford,Cranford,Downings,Dunfanaghy,Glenveigh,Portsalon/Fanad,Kerrykeel,Kilmac,..I'm sort of sorry to see these towns aren't mentioned in this video!!..
@@cianmc8916 Yes of course my mam is from an tiny village called dromore between killygordon and the crossroads. 3 miles from Ballybofey. Don't forget Villa Rose and Kees
My gram told me about her grandfather when I started genealogy research as a hobby. She adored him but he is a bit of a pain in the butt because she knows very little of his past. she told me when she was a kid he would shoo her away when she ask him about his life in Ireland. the only two things she could really tell me was he was from Donegal and he had a thick accent. lol
The first guy sounded very welsh, south welsh valleys to be precise id know im from pontrhydyfen in the valleys. noticed it straight away with some of the words he was saying.
The west Donegal accent where i am from has a scottish lilt to it because of all the people who went to work there in Glasgow Perth Edinburgh and on farms tattie hokin(pickin spuds on farms)we say ore the road instead of over the road and mirr instead of mirror😂
Part of me expected a thick south accent of some form but it makes sense that it sounds like the North as it is in fact the Ulster accent which includes Donegal
I've noticed 2 people based in, or near, letterkenny speak with a Donegal accent that sounds very Welsh. They're not related but they both have this accent. Any idea of where this comes from? As an example, "Aye, no bother" becomes "aye, no bovah" and " out the door" becomes " out the doah "
@@biptyb5561 none of it comes from any sort of English accent. Aye, and no bother, are commonly said around Donegal. Derry and Donegal accent is strongly related and a lot of the same kind of expressions are used
Packy Bonner has poshed up his original accent and sounds a right twat now...in Glasgow people who do that are called Tenement Snobs...nothing worse and there are more than a few residing in Donegal who have done likewise...eejits that they are 😋😋😋
American and Irish accents aren't all that different, although most Irish folks won't care to admit it. A lot of Irish people who move to English speaking countries with different accents like the UK will start to sound kind of American, especially people from further North like Dublin, Meath and Donegal. My father's parents are from Donegal and their accents are pretty diluted. But my mother's parents are from Cork and their accents are still fairly strong. A lot of American accents stem from Irish accents as well due to the massive amount of Irish immigration to America. So I wouldn't feel too bad about the mistake even tho it might offend your friend a bit. Young Irish people seem to have a bit of annoyance towards Americans even though America was built on Irish shoulders
It just shows how different education/surrondings/mixing of cultures have on accents. My mother and father were from donegal 20 miles apart, born in the mid/late 40s, accents have/will change, some of the accents of this video don't sound specific to donegal at all never mind parts of the county, bit pointless really.
My mother was from this county, but she past away 20 years ago. I just wanted to her that accent again. Thanks for uploading the video.
Mine as well. From Fanad.
Timothy O'Brien .y Grandparents were from Fanad! Lovely place
I love accente and im sorry about you mam
bless
She died in my arms
Just in case the Donegal accent shows up in my Irish listening tomorrow
Literally what I'm doing rn
Good luck
Yes boy
Did it?
Is donegal classed as irish/Ireland?
I did enjoy this video very much. I am writing from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My father's paternal side, was originally from Donegal. They traveled to Newfoundland, in the 1840s, settling in Harbor Grace. I thought that it was very effective, the choice that you made to put together a series of miscellaneous media clips, which gives a more well rounded representation, of the accent as a whole - its common similarities, subtleties and variations. Have always been curious about how the accent sounds, so I thank you so much for posting! Cheers!
Ah shite.. this is how im heard.. im shutting up
Never.
Nobody said ''Aye''
Voted best accent in the world. Aye it was.
my granny and granda have a holiday home in the rosses it’s a lovely view of the pier and it’s called “the pier house” i think so that a must do if your ever down there for a few nights x
the fact that nobody said 'ayeeeeeeee' makes the whole video an epic fail.
Aye that’s right y’know...
Or 'Wee'un'.
Say ayeeee while breathing in
Excellent clips. Beautiful soft musical accent.
Half Donegal, half Highland Scot, do you think that's where my love of the uisge beatha came from? If I wasn't living in the Highlands, I would happily live in Donegal: it wouldn't be that difficult to convert my Gaidhlig to Gaeilge. Best county in Ireland.
Ahhh nothing like someone from Bundoran talking about surfing.
Not easy now because the sheep are wearing face nappies
My great grandma is from donegal I was wondering what the people sounded like there :)
Best people.
I'm from Donegal but I moved to america when I was 11 and I lost most of my accent😭, I can't even do one properly anymore
Same here, but I moved to London. So I sound more cockney now, but I still use use wee for small,and I say surely quite a bit too
My favourite county! Thanks for the lovely sounds of Donegal!
My family is from donegal on my dad's side but I am from America so I wanted to know what the donegal accent sounds like
Worked for a year in Enniskillen, spent most of my weekends roaming the many roads of Donegal. This rings a bell. Oh, yeah, beside the craic, I couldn't get a word of what the locals could be telling me... The French in me got lost... in the pints of Guinness...
I love the woman explaining that you're supposed to clap on 2 and 4 XD
Enjoyed it very much. Thank you for sharing this.
The Inishowen accent is the nicest to my ear. I worked in Killybegs for a few years, it took me about 6 months before I understood everything I was hearing. e.g. There was a girl called Jimmy, which I found extremely odd, until one day it clicked and I realised her name was actually Gemma.
Where in killybegs?? I'd love to see if you knew my grandad
@@ellisquinn6936 I worked on the trawlers 80-84
My driving tester knew exactly where I was from after I said my first sentence. 300 km from the test centre.
He took you 300k on your driving test?
No, he knew where I was from. Driving test was about 3 km. But to recognise my accent to the exact village, was amazing.
@@bridgetcarr1236 To recognise your Donegal accent is one thing but to pinpoint the exact village??? was the tester ur ould fella😄😄😄
I have a teacher and I didn't know what accent she had and I found out now she has a Donegal accent
They all sound a lot like me - and I'm from south Down!
I did enjoy it! When the "byrnes" came to America that was my family. I don't know in Donegal where the Byrnes were from. Wish I knew.
Seamie from my home town, such a laddd
excuse me! im from donegal and my accent is not weird! and maybe you should keep your thoughts to yourself!
p.s Donegal is the most beutiful place on Earth!
no it isnt the most beautiful place
Weird..
@celestial rex you scumbag
I love donegal 🥰
I hear this all the time in Canada!
I LOVE the Letterkenny accent just love it!
This song is sang by a co donegal band called Goats don't shave n they made their name in my home town of Killybegs Co.Donegal Ireland
sweetprincess Andrea no they didnt they are from dungloe burtonport area
👍@@decdevdd6582
All the aul ones are mad for Daniel O'Donnell hahah
The bundoran accent has a hint of belfast in it. Interesting as bundoran is a popular destination for belfast people.
I have an ancestor who came from Donegal, and I was wondering what he might have sounded like in his speech...sadly, I don't know what part of Donegal he lived in!
they're all fairly similar anyways haha
Join an ancestry group. My dads grandfather , Odonnells came from Glenties, donegal and co cork, Mclaughlins. I didn’t know any of this until recently.
I had a Glenties accent until I was 6.
The Glasgow accent sounds like a Donegal accent mixed with Scottish
Beautiful all, Nothing to fight about, North to South , East to West, to the Aran Islands, The envy of the world, in Song and story..... Ireland .......My Island !!!!
Top comment...Slainte mo chara😉
My Granny came from Ballybofey. We would chuckle when she count in the 30's & 40's. It sounded like Turdies and Farties. She was also wicked & crazy and would bark at us in Irish.
Love all the accents ,my GT.gt.grandparents married in Bellek.
Aw jasus sure they included my home of inishowen!
I hear most of those accents every day
Nobody cares Michael
Eithne's accent is so pretty. 💙
ye forgot all the hot spots if tourists are watching this video!!...>>Letterkenny,Ramelton,Milford,Cranford,Downings,Dunfanaghy,Glenveigh,Portsalon/Fanad,Kerrykeel,Kilmac,..I'm sort of sorry to see these towns aren't mentioned in this video!!..
Killmacreanan accent are lovely cause my voice is lovely
My Mams accent is Ballybofey and finn valley mix. I love going on my yearly holidays to Donegal
Jackson’s hotel
@@cianmc8916 Yes of course my mam is from an tiny village called dromore between killygordon and the crossroads. 3 miles from Ballybofey. Don't forget Villa Rose and Kees
Shams
@@Seanadunthat’s just killygordon
@maebhmclaughlin2381 exactly, but hardly anyone knows Killygordon.
What would be the dominant accent from around Manorcunningham? The Letterkenny accent?
Yes
My favourite Accent in the world,of course i'm biased as I have family from St. John's Point
My gram told me about her grandfather when I started genealogy research as a hobby. She adored him but he is a bit of a pain in the butt because she knows very little of his past. she told me when she was a kid he would shoo her away when she ask him about his life in Ireland. the only two things she could really tell me was he was from Donegal and he had a thick accent. lol
Reopening the Western Rail Corridor would bring back Donegal trains.
The first guy sounded very welsh, south welsh valleys to be precise id know im from pontrhydyfen in the valleys. noticed it straight away with some of the words he was saying.
JIMMY IS GLENTIES AND GLENTIES ONLY
reply if he is something else btw
I know what you mean, but it is a Donegal accent. There are some similarities but they have evolved totally separately
I started watching this because I was doing research on enya who is of donegal decent
what happened to fanad and kerrykeel and glenvar adn rathmullen and ramelton and milford and downingsw?????
they are all part of donegal aswell
And Killmacreanan
Who is the lady from Creeslough, please?
How did you do Glenties accents and Killybegs, but not Ardara?😡
My people, me great, great, graet, grand dad is from Dublin & others from Donngal.
I just came here to remember my Grandfathers accent. Beautiful ❤
Dunkineely ?
The west Donegal accent where i am from has a scottish lilt to it because of all the people who went to work there in Glasgow Perth Edinburgh and on farms tattie hokin(pickin spuds on farms)we say ore the road instead of over the road and mirr instead of
mirror😂
My mums family are from inver i love this place
I hear these accents plenty in Canada!
nice. please stick up some people from ramelton, milford, kerrykeel, fanad, carrigart, downings, rathmullan.
A lot of them sound like us in Tyrone
Swear to God thought the first letterkenny lady was my Auntie before i looked at the picute and wheres the glenswilly/Churchill ones
Part of me expected a thick south accent of some form but it makes sense that it sounds like the North as it is in fact the Ulster accent which includes Donegal
Lol Donegal is the most northerly county in Ireland!
A no brainer I would have thought, that the most northern county in Ireland would have Northern accent.
Lifford/Strabane accent here, so a bit of Tyrone a bit of Donegal.
I'm from Killybegs :') I kinda have the same accent!
I'm afraid the last speaker and the third from last (me) are from the North - Belfast and Armagh not Donegal at all!
Donegal is north
@@JRK2669 not in the north though is it justin
@@thisisactuallylee you need to get geography lessons
@@JRK2669 i live in donegal, it’s not in the north. open a history book before you open your mouth next time justin.
@@thisisactuallylee it's in the North West corner of the island you clown
I’m mostly Irish, and it all seems to be from the Donegal region
I'm from kincasslagh and mullah duff
the woman at 2:10 she may have been born in creeslough but since then she must have went somewhere and learned to talk a bit posh
Enya is my favorite singer and my celebrity crush
Inishowen that's were I live yeaaaaa inishowen
Same !! What town r u from?
Im in buncrana
I live in moville
Not the one in America its the one in donegal
My great grandparents were from Carndonagh! I want to travel there so badly to see where they lived:)
there’s no kilcar!?
i5s the best accent there is.
Lovely
The water is a wee bit wet
THUMBS UP IF YOUR WATCHING THIS FROM DONEGAL ... GWAN BALLINTRA !
I've noticed 2 people based in, or near, letterkenny speak with a Donegal accent that sounds very Welsh. They're not related but they both have this accent. Any idea of where this comes from? As an example, "Aye, no bother" becomes "aye, no bovah" and " out the door" becomes " out the doah "
probably picked up from immigrants returning from london or certain Derry accents I've heard most in Creggan
@@biptyb5561 none of it comes from any sort of English accent. Aye, and no bother, are commonly said around Donegal. Derry and Donegal accent is strongly related and a lot of the same kind of expressions are used
You should hear Cork and Kerry, now that sounds really like Wesh.
@@loc9588 I'm well aware that "aye" and "no bother" are used in Donegal. That wasn't my point. My point was that the pronunciation was "No Bovah".
@@52Paddy1991 ughh not really actually, usually it’s pronounced “no boller”
Donegal town? Where the hell is cloughaneely
Falcarragh and Gortahork lad
What's the crack sirrr
Michael your not the only person from Donegal here
Michael Hegarty craic
The Ballyshannon Ballintra accent sounds more Wesht 😊and the Bundoran wan more Northern given they are only a couple of mile apart
Is lifford not in donegal capital of the county...what about shay given ..Mickey Joe heart...don porter...
My moms side of the family is from Mayo and my da’s side of the family comes from the glenties
It sounds so similar to northern
Our accent is Northern because we are the most Northern county geography wise but it is much softer than say Derry or Belfast
Just sounds like a west NI accent, which makes sense, it’s all west Ulster accents
@@Deranged316 it's almost as if the accents in NI are Irish...
@@EvalynFallonyea thats basically what I meant lol
no milford orf anad😐
@pianogirlywhirly Agreed.
Aren’t Finn valley stranoler
Where's ghlean cholm chille
born in letterkenny in 2002, raised up in ballybofey and since the age of twelve I'm living in Birmingham, UK... my accent is fucked sir haha
Y isn't paakie bonar
Packy Bonner has poshed up his original accent and sounds a right twat now...in Glasgow people who do that are called Tenement Snobs...nothing worse and there are more than a few residing in Donegal who have done likewise...eejits that they are 😋😋😋
should have had the like of Vincent Campbell the fiddler on the video, he has the strong accent of the glenties area
Glencolmcille.
Beautiful Bundoran.
bern bren just for you, the real Irish will understand
Feisigh do thoin fein
Shay Given is from the capital of Donegal. Where's Lifford. Very good video though. :-)
3:45 is a ballyshannon man mark boyle he wrote a book the moneyless man.
Nobody in Gweedore speaks like Enya
Most of the wans I know do. To me Pearse Doherty doesn't really have a Gweedore accent.
That is not a Letterkenny accent. He's from Belfast.,
My mum went to England and they thought she was from Scotland and was from donegal and they where like your not a paddy ur Scottish lol
Ok, don't call us paddys🤬
3:45 not Ballyshannon accent
I live in churchill
Inishowen is where my husbands family was fro.
I'm from Buncrana
American and Irish accents aren't all that different, although most Irish folks won't care to admit it. A lot of Irish people who move to English speaking countries with different accents like the UK will start to sound kind of American, especially people from further North like Dublin, Meath and Donegal. My father's parents are from Donegal and their accents are pretty diluted. But my mother's parents are from Cork and their accents are still fairly strong. A lot of American accents stem from Irish accents as well due to the massive amount of Irish immigration to America. So I wouldn't feel too bad about the mistake even tho it might offend your friend a bit. Young Irish people seem to have a bit of annoyance towards Americans even though America was built on Irish shoulders
BUNCRANA THAT EXACTLY WERE I LIVE (buncranas in inishowen)
Same
Same lol
It just shows how different education/surrondings/mixing of cultures have on accents. My mother and father were from donegal 20 miles apart, born in the mid/late 40s, accents have/will change, some of the accents of this video don't sound specific to donegal at all never mind parts of the county, bit pointless really.