15 Facts About Irish English

Irish English's writing standards, such as its spelling, align with British English.

West and South-West Irish English here refers to broad varieties of Ireland's West and South-West Regions.

Mainstream Dublin Irish English has become the basis of an accent that has otherwise become supraregional everywhere except in the north of the country.

The majority of Dubliners born since the 1980s has shifted towards the most innovative non-local accent, here called new Dublin Irish English, which has gained ground over mainstream Dublin Irish English and which is the most extreme variety in rejecting the local accent's traditional features.

Local Dublin Irish English here refers to a traditional, broad, working-class variety spoken in the Republic of Ireland's capital city of Dublin.

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New Dublin Irish English itself, first associated with affluent and middle-class inhabitants of southside Dublin, is probably now spoken by a majority of Dubliners born since the 1980s.

Supraregional Southern Irish English refers to a variety spoken particularly by educated and middle- or higher-class Irish people, crossing regional boundaries throughout all of the Republic of Ireland, except the north.

Features of mainstream non-local Dublin Irish English fall on a range between "local Dublin" and "new Dublin".

Some are words in Irish English that have entered into general use, while others are unique to Ireland.

Hiberno-Irish English has developed particular meanings for words that are still in common use in Irish English generally.

Various aspects of Irish syntax have influenced Hiberno-English, though many of these idiosyncrasies are disappearing in suburban areas and among the younger population.

Irish English has no words that directly translate as "yes" or "no", and instead repeats the verb used in the question, negated if necessary, to answer.

In rural areas of the Avalon peninsula, where Newfoundland Irish English was spoken until the early 20th century, it is the grammatical standard for describing whether or not an action has occurred.

So, in Irish English, one takes "from here to there", and brings it "to here from there".

Irish English has separate forms for the second person singular and the second person plural.