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What Irish politician Thomas Gould’s accent going viral in Jamaica reveals about colonial history

By Jane Ohlmeyer, Erasmus Smith's Professor of Modern History, Trinity College Dublin

Irish politician Thomas Gould has become a bit of star in the Caribbean after a video of him speaking in the Irish parliament drew comments for the surprising similarity of his Cork accent to the Jamaican one.

His viral speech is a powerful reminder of the shared histories of Ireland and Jamaica, which date back to the mid-17th century and lasted for the next 200…

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