IEThe Irish Times
My Finglas accent was derided at home – but in Boston, the way I talked was admired
I emigrated to the US, not for the economy, but psychological space
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- #5170
- First seen
- 01 Sept 2026, 13:20 UTC
- Last checked
- 02 Sept 2026, 04:52 UTC
- Version history
- 1 version
- Current fingerprint
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Publisher layer
Recorded article metadata

- Publisher
- The Irish Times
- Country
- Ireland
- Source published
- 30 Jul 2026, 05:00 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- Seamus Boshell
- Section
- Not supplied
Source-supplied excerpt
I emigrated to the US, not for the economy, but psychological space
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My Finglas accent was derided at home – but in Boston, the way I talked was admired
I emigrated to the US, not for the economy, but psychological space
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- machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
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- Capture ID
- #5094
- Observed
- 01 Sept 2026, 13:20 UTC
- HTTP result
- 200 / parsed
- Raw payload
- 613,641 bytes, private gzip evidence
- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
- metadata and excerpt