Thank god for my time in Ireland

[beloitpiper]

I wouldn't have said that Welsh and Western Irish accents were that similar and I live in Wales and have friends in Co, Galway!

I did have problems with the accent of a guy from Glasgow though!

I'm a bit perlexed as well, it's great that you could understand him, but the accents and indeed the languages of Ireland and Wales are not even related.

Let me clarify: spending time around the thick accents found in the British Isles prepared me for speaking with a southern-Wales dairy farmer. I did not mean to say that they were similar, only that the accent in western Ireland loosened my ear and made it easier to comprehend other accents...like the Welsh.