Which Irish person has the most grating voice?

Yer Da sells Avon

The chap who does the Sunday Business Post advert on the radio - "Independent journalism on Sundaaaaaay".

Joe Duffy - Not his voice, so much as his irritating verbal tics, so to speak.

MarkY91

I can't stand Katie Taylor's voice

RollieFingers

Higgins, can't stand the little wart.

The Real Ramona

I can't stand the voice of the guy in the Quote Devil ads.

Rochester

Kathryn Thomas and the pride of Met Eireann Joanne Donnelly for her appalling delivery. Her husband Harem Laxative deserves a mention here too.

colm_mcm

Phelim Drew

Agricola

Ciara Kelly off Newstalk. A GP who packed it in at 40 something to try to realize her dream of becoming a media personality and ubiquitous TV/radio presence.

Just fúck right off.

freshpopcorn

Richard Sadlier.

If you've ever listened back to yourself on any recording and don't think your voice is grating then you are probably a bot.

I hate the sound of my own voice, I think most of us do. Certainly, some broadcasters have voices than are less than mellifluous, but the content of their broadcasts and their own personalities probably make up for it.

I've seen Deirdre O'Kane mentioned in thís thread. I certainly wouldnt purchase a collection of her lullabies, but she uses her voice to her advantage as part of her slightly neurotic comedic act. Now if only I could find a similarly profitable outlet for my own drone.

Salthillprom

Ray D’arcy
Sharon Ní Bheoláin

Timistry

Deirdre O Kane

bottlebrush

Liz Gavin, met eireann presenter on Rte Radio 1. if I tried I couldn't talk in such a high register.

sligojoek

^^^^^^^^^^^^

There's another one who has started speaking in a weird Irish/German/Dutch accent all of a sudden.

Joan/Jean Blackburn, I think.

Usually near the end of Ronan Collins and before the 1.00 News

Weird.

gormdubhgorm

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Brian O'Driscoll, definition of grating.

Leo Varadkar has to be up there with him in that case.
Sometimes I think one is the other on radio.

JoeA3

Alison Curtis. Ear bleeding Canadian cackle. Very difficult to listen to for more than a few seconds.

But the worst for me in current media is the one that does the “tv review” segment with Matt Cooper on Today FM. Jennifer something. Has to be heard to be believed. On one side of the desk we have Matt who can’t pronounce his “T”’s (Sahurday) and on the other side we have Jennifer who can’t do “ing”.... sumthin, anythin...

gormdubhgorm

Has Ger Gilroy been said yet?

gormdubhgorm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Bosco.

Ah here...back in yer box.
Bosco was a legend.

JoeA3

JoeA3 wrote: »

Alison Curtis. Ear bleeding Canadian cackle. Very difficult to listen to for more than a few seconds.

But the worst for me in current media is the one that does the “tv review” segment with Matt Cooper on Today FM. Jennifer something. Has to be heard to be believed. On one side of the desk we have Matt who can’t pronounce his “T”’s (Sahurday) and on the other side we have Jennifer who can’t do “ing”.... sumthin, anythin...

Gannon, the tv reviewer who'se stated that she has never seen the wire/breaking bad and claims love island is a highbrow show, and all her picks has to have a pc/sjw slant to it...and that voice ...ugh

Theres quite a few who appear on that show with a fake/put on American accent like Roe McDermott as well

GBX

Allison Spittle

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Conor McGregor, that scummy Dublin accent really wobbles my tits.

El Nino09

Louis Walsh ,Ivan Yeats and the fella that does the Harvey Norman adds

Zamboni

That lad from The Coronas
Is it Mary Blacks son?

I’m sure he’s a nice lad but I don't know how anybody can listen to their songs with that constant whine grating through your brain.
Agony

skD13

Don Wycherley.
Ciara O'Callaghan.
Anyone doing ad voiceovers that sounds like Ciara O'Callaghan (clearly I have a problimmmmmm with this accent/voice).
The guy from Walking on Cars. Tis far from Dingle he went to get that voice.
The Coronas guy.

The wife can't stand Louise Duffy but I could listen to her all day.

Voices/accents truly are in the ear of the beholder.

Itineoman

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Bobby kerr

Here’s why he sounds hoarse. He’s a throat cancer survivor. Easy to miss I suppose.
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/businessman-bobby-kerr-announces-cancer-diagnosis-1.2421576?mode=amp
Fair play to him - and he’s actually quite good as a presenter once you take this on board.

Itineoman

It’s the Skoda ad. Voiceover that annoys me. “Skewdahh simply clevahhh “. And they’re fekin’ cars not cahhhhs.
Nothing against the actor who is doing what he’s paid to do.
I’d much rather see the Healy Raes voice over for this make that has the tag line of “Made for Ireland”
“Chrissht yoo cuiod fit five sheeeep into thuie booot and thyn dhrive home wuith allil the groceries in the back seeet. As weillll as the dog. Thue plane peeple of sowth Kyerry don’t neeed to be cyarrying surfboards around the parish in the middle of the day and the dinner on the table. They just need a cheeep and reliable car to drive to the pub. Skoda. Simply Cute. Hoor. “

TCM

Brian O'Driscoll.

branie2

Itineoman wrote: »

It’s the Skoda ad. Voiceover that annoys me. “Skewdahh simply clevahhh “. And they’re fekin’ cars not cahhhhs.
Nothing against the actor who is doing what he’s paid to do.
I’d much rather see the Healy Raes voice over for this make that has the tag line of “Made for Ireland”
“Chrissht yoo cuiod fit five sheeeep into thuie booot and thyn dhrive home wuith allil the groceries in the back seeet. As weillll as the dog. Thue plane peeple of sowth Kyerry don’t neeed to be cyarrying surfboards around the parish in the middle of the day and the dinner on the table. They just need a cheeep and reliable car to drive to the pub. Skoda. Simply Cute. Hoor. “

That guy has been a voiceover for ads for years

joe199

Brian Kerr and tubridy

branie2

The Healy-Raes

Paschal O’Donohue.

Listening to the budget is bad enough without his voice narrating.

chrissb8

Simon Harris, sounds like an anxious bee when he speaks.

jojofizzio

Deleted User wrote: »

the guy who voices 3 and i think one of the banks adverts

young lad, painfully sincere, hushed tones and wheezing with sympathy by the end

hope the cnut dies roaring obv

Always used to think that was Nicky Byrne (couldn’t believe it when I heard it’s not)

jojofizzio

Rebekah Refined Sulfur wrote: »

Gannon, the tv reviewer who'se stated that she has never seen the wire/breaking bad and claims love island is a highbrow show, and all her picks has to have a pc/sjw slant to it...and that voice ...ugh

Theres quite a few who appear on that show with a fake/put on American accent like Roe McDermott as well

Yes,what really grinds my gears are the two Irish female film reviewers on the
Last Word on a Thursday....can someone tell them they don’t live in/were not brought up in/are not broadcasting to the United States....don’t know how Cooper sticks it...the urge to say it to them would kill me:D

freshpopcorn

chrissb8 wrote: »

Simon Harris, sounds like an anxious bee when he speaks.

Eoghan Murphy is like a private school git doing a presentation in front of his class!