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The Irish farmers in the video below, who featured in a recent RTÉ broadcast about sheep theft, are the perfect example of just how tricky to understand some dialects can be.
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We can just about make out what Richie Griffin is saying, but the first guy -- Mikey Joe O'Shea -- has such a spectacularly strong accent it's hard to grasp even a sentence. 。

Many Irish people responding to RTÉ's tweet were having just as much trouble. 。

Many Irish people responding to RTÉ's tweet were having just as much trouble. 。

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