Archive reveals unique voices

If you’ve ever wondered what the old men in those sepia photographs of rural early 20th century Ireland sounded like, you can now find out.

In their finest authentic Irish brogues, more than 130 native speakers were recorded in 1928 by a German professor paid to make a permanent record of the language where it was still spoken.

Not alone is the now-digitised archive an invaluable asset to those studying the Irish language, it adds to the wealth of folklore held and preserved by Irish academics.