“Now, listen here.”
Irish Storyteller
A Dublin lilt that rises through a sentence and lands somewhere unexpected.
- Male
- Irish (Dublin)
- Adult
- Lilting
- Quick
- Musical
Sample script
Now listen, I'm not saying it was my fault. I'm saying there were circumstances, and I was standing near them.
How it reads
Irish Storyteller carries the rising intonation that makes Hiberno-English sound perpetually mid-anecdote. Statements end higher than they start, which is the opposite of most accents here and instantly recognisable.
It moves quickly and clusters words in groups of three or four, matching how the accent actually phrases.
Ideal for anything anecdotal. It makes a mundane story sound like it is going somewhere.
Best for
- Storytelling and anecdote videos
- Pub and hospitality content
- Audio drama characters
- Travel narration
At a glance
- Category
- Accents
- Gender
- Male
- Accent
- Irish (Dublin)
- Age
- Adult
- Character
- Lilting, Quick, Musical
Writing for it
Let sentences run
This voice holds its shape across longer clauses, so full sentences read better than clipped fragments.
Punctuate for the pause
A full stop gives a longer gap than a comma, an ellipsis longer still. Use them to place the beat.
Give it clean space
A smooth voice with little texture needs headroom. Duck the music under it rather than pushing the level.
Questions
A Dublin lilt that rises through a sentence and lands somewhere unexpected. It is a male Irish (Dublin) voice in the accents category, characterised as lilting, quick, musical. Irish Storyteller carries the rising intonation that makes Hiberno-English sound perpetually mid-anecdote. Statements end higher than they start, which is the opposite of most accents here and instantly recognisable.
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