Quote Originally Posted by O'Callaghan View Post
Baltimore accents are also different from anywhere else in the state, very distinctive. Perhaps it's the Irish influence, it's named after Baltimore, County Cork, after all. I can pick out several distinct accents within Maryland, even though I'm not a native. I've lived here a long while, though.
From Wikipedia:

"The city is named after Lord Baltimore in the Irish House of Lords, the founding proprietor of the Maryland Colony. Baltimore himself took his title from a place in Bornacoola parish, County Leitrim and County Longford, Ireland.[11] Baltimore is an anglicized form of the Irish Baile an Tí Mhóir, meaning "Town of the Big House",[12] not to be confused with Baltimore, County Cork."