The worst Irish accents in Hollywood movies

Gerard butler is Scottish, i don't think his irish is that horrible seeing as they sound pretty much the same to anyone who isn't from Ireland or Scotland

S[h]ure an' faith 'n' begorragh, would yis (you'se) ever give over (i.e. stop annoyin' me) from all this Paddywhackery (i.e. pseudo-Irishness). Actually, as a dazzling urbanite from Dublin, the essential distinction is that Hollywood imitates rural-Irish accents not urban. Though a Dublin working-class accent is nothing to write home about, I can tell you. Give me little cuddly Darby O'Gill anyday. Be Jaysus (Jesus) and be jaypurs (perhaps Jaipurs?) Check out Kildare-Irish strolling troubador Christy Moore, who lampoons this genre with his tongue-in-cheek song "Sodom and Begorragh".

John Wayne was supposedly born in Ireland but as a child was brought to America. He did not attempt an Irish accent in The Quiet Man. Nice people, the Americans but they can't speak English correctly why would anyone think they could imitate another language or dialect.

Hey Carrickourt how did you manage to miss the fact that John Wayne wasn't Irish in Quiet Man-He was an American-Sean Thornton!

I honestly can't believe that Leo DiCraprio(who does one of the worst accents in Gangs of New York, and other movies) did not make this list!

Brad Pitt's Belfast accent was pretty bad. Yeah, Kenneth Brannagh should have a decent Belfast accent, he was born and raised there until he was 10 years old!

These "bad" accents are what the American ear expect to hear. The accents are illusions, not documentary facts. If films were judged by accuracy on any count there would be no film industry.

Don't forget Micky Rourke in "Prayer for the Dying". Absolutely horrendous.

Worst "Irish" accent in a Hollywood movie? Bar none John Wayne in "The Quiet Man".

Forget the worst, how about the best, Kenneth Brannagh the plummy English accent with a fondness for Shakespeare has a 100% bona fide Belfast accent when required.