Busted brogues: Five stage-Irish accents that made us cringe

As Circle of Friends star Minnie Driver reminisces on her return to Irish shores, we take a look at five ways that Hollywood has ráiméis'd our natural cadence and accents

FAR AND AWAY /Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman /Dingle Peninsula

While recent cinematic efforts like Wild Mountain Thyme have provoked comment and conversation, they're far from our first dance with the representation of Ireland and the huge range of Irish accents in Hollywood films over the years: here are five of the worst examples of bolshy brogues and cod-Irish cliché in cinema history. 

1) Julia Roberts, Michael Collins (1996)