It does sound awful, and I don't think it's just me having a bad day, as in a few instances I know the parents too, and they also notice it.

Having said that, trying to ditch an accent isn't half as bad in my view as ditching the canúint in favor of that half-baked melange that they are learning at school. Has anyone ever seen the school books that the kids in Conamara have to endure ? Caighdeán all of it. It sure makes for a few laughs at home as the kids are being de-programmed by the parents !

That's the anglicized Irish accent called "Urban". And yes it is creeping into native Irish children's speech under the influence of school, as well as cartoons and other "cool" stuff on TG4.

I can understand Dubliners wanting their own accent and not wanting to sound like they "just came in from the bog"†, but it would be much nicer if they followed the example of Buntús Cainte, which has standardized pronunciations based on native phonemes, instead of destroying the language with sounds that don't belong in it.


† Actually one of the finest compliments you can pay to a non-native speaker.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

cool, sin an dóigh a maróchthar an teangaidh. Tá siad (lucht an Roinn Oideachais, lucht na teilifíse srl) cliste.
Beidh siad sásta nuair nach mbeidh ach cupla focal cacamais ag na hÉireannaigh, gan amhras.

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

Go díreach glan.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).