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Gabriel Byrne has addressed the recent emergence of the Irish accent following the release of a trailer for Hollywood’s latest Irish romantic comedy, Wild Mountain Thyme.
A sneak peek of the upcoming film, starring Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Christopher Walken and Jon Hamm, went viral on social media for its Irish cliches and questionable accents from the stars earlier in the week.
Talking to Ryan Tubridy on Friday night Late Late Show, the award-winning 70-year-old actor said: “What happens is that I think we all stereotype ourselves. The French do not wear striped shirts around their necks and the Spanish are not continually at the tables dancing flamenco.
“As someone said, it is a sub-genre of cinema that the Irish are foaming at the mouth with literary epilepsy or talking to donkeys in the country.
“I think a lot of people have a very romantic idea of who the Irish are and who they are.”
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Byrne went on to hilariously recall how a man once told him he was from Ireland before saying he wasn’t actually, and explained how he was loosely connected to the Emerald Isle as his grandfather was from ‘Co. Edinburgh’.
Suppressing a laugh, Byrne added: “And I said ‘Co. Edinburgh. Yes, I know that very well.’
He continued: “We have this idea and I think it has to do with an understandable feeling of the need for a Shangri-la. A place where problems evaporate and you can talk to donkeys and this idea that this place exists is not uncommon.” outside of Ireland.
“The Irish are wonderful. They are friendly, hospitable, the fields are green, but the reality is that it is a developing country with all the problems in the real world,” he added.
“This idea that this place exists is not uncommon outside of Ireland.”
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The lofty star of Walkinstown, who recently released his evocative memoir called Walking with ghosts He said he will never forget his Irish roots.
“Someone asked James Joyce how he felt about not living in Dublin anymore and he is rumored to have said, ‘I haven’t lived in Dublin in forty years, but I’ve never left it.’
“I understand what you mean because I am from Dublin, I am a product of Dublin and I have never given up my Irish passport,” he said. “I speak the language of Ireland and I am very much part of the country.”
You can see the full interview on RTÉ Player.
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