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Why does the Cork accent sound close to a Jamaican one?

Jamaicans are claiming a Cork TD as one of their own after a video of Thomas Gould speaking in th...

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16.06 25 Feb 2026


Why does the Cork accent sound close to a Jamaican one?


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16.06 25 Feb 2026


Jamaicans are claiming a Cork TD as one of their own after a video of Thomas Gould speaking in the Dáil went viral.

People on social media say that his strong Cork accent sounds “uncannily” Jamaican, and even Gould himself is seeing the funny side, joking he won’t be releasing a Bob Marley album any time soon.

He joins Seán, as well as DrEllen Howley, Assistant Professor at the school of English in DCU, to discuss.


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