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I'm Grand Mam

Ep 243 - Are We Funny or Are We From Cork?

10 May 2026

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Chapter 1: What exciting news do the hosts share about their upcoming tour?

0.875 - 2.357 PJ Kirby

Exciting news, Gillies.

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2.497 - 6.101 Kevin Twomey

We are bringing our show, Happy Campers, to the Southern Hemisphere.

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6.201 - 12.007 PJ Kirby

Get ready, babes, because we're going to Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and parts.

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12.027 - 15.03 Kevin Twomey

I'm so excited for a bit of sun in November and December.

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15.09 - 16.732 PJ Kirby

Don't worry, babe. I packed the Factor 50.

16.832 - 22.838 Kevin Twomey

Fabulous. Also, if there's any cute tour guides who want to show me around, I'll be looking for someone to do so.

23.179 - 29.245 PJ Kirby

If you were there last year, you know it's not just a show. It's an extravaganza. It's an experience, isn't it?

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Make sure to grab your tickets via the link in the episode description.

54.588 - 69.304 PJ Kirby

Someone confessed that they saw me and Jose on Halloween eating a chipper dressed like pirates.

Chapter 2: How do the hosts feel about their Cork accents?

173.356 - 185.921 PJ Kirby

Isn't he so good? But to surprise you, as it was coming out, I was like, is he going to hate this? And I just, afterwards you hugged me and you goes, that was so random, but I didn't know what you were saying. That was so random in a good way or a bad way.

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185.941 - 193.596 Kevin Twomey

No, I actually really liked it. And I think it was our last show was actually a nice way to finish things up and tie a nice bow in things.

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193.616 - 198.585 PJ Kirby

At the beginning, you were like, you thought I was just singing happy birthday. That would have been embarrassing. Oh,

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198.565 - 215.247 Kevin Twomey

that's when I was getting annoyed because PJ was like, and a certain special someone is turning 33 next week. So let's wish him a happy birthday. And I was like, there better be a cake. That's all I could think about because all day was taking pictures for the show as well. I was like, just aesthetically, if there's a cake here.

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215.407 - 216.188 PJ Kirby

We got it, girlies.

216.288 - 222.517 Kevin Twomey

And girls, who has happy birthday sung to them on the Olympia stage? That's what I was thinking and that a lovely little memory now.

222.657 - 227.323 PJ Kirby

It was actually gorgeous. Are you excited for the 33rd year of your life?

Chapter 3: What does it mean to be intelligent according to the hosts?

227.303 - 229.026 PJ Kirby

Or is it the 34th?

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229.787 - 249.717 Kevin Twomey

Oh my God. And we're talking about intelligence. Because you're born zero. I hate when people talk about this. You're born on zero, but that's the first year of your life. So I'm going into the 34th year of my life. No, you're not. It's the 33rd, no? No, because when you're zero, right? The day you're born. Yeah.

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249.697 - 255.765 Kevin Twomey

When you're going to be one, when you're not one, when you're six ones, you're still in that first year. That has to be your first year.

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255.865 - 262.474 PJ Kirby

Because it couldn't be your zeroed year. So you're going into the 34th year of your life. Yes. And how are you feeling?

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262.574 - 264.857 Kevin Twomey

How am I going into my 34th year?

265.178 - 269.063 PJ Kirby

How have I just gained a year? I'm after taking a year off your life, am I?

269.083 - 274.009 Kevin Twomey

I'm getting a ringing in my ear now as well. I'm feeling good about things. I like it.

274.029 - 276.092 PJ Kirby

We're... Smashing it. Smashing it.

276.072 - 295.65 Kevin Twomey

we're like we're getting on well yeah you know and i'm having a good time still i'm a bit anxious about the birthday itself i'm not really you know this girl's mixing from my 30th the idea of the social groups mixing i get a bit panicky and for some reason i don't know maybe because i'm an empath i'm

Chapter 4: How do different types of intelligence manifest in daily life?

316.324 - 345.306 Kevin Twomey

Yeah. We just finished our last show in the Irish... tour run in dublin last night what a ride girls yeah girls it was such a laugh we love you too we have a full month off now before we do the uk yeah now we also just found out today that our show in auckland the end of november derma kennedy's after putting on a gig for the same night you have yourself a new op girly What do we do there?

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345.367 - 349.905 Kevin Twomey

Even though we've had our tickets on sale first, we're probably going to have to budge.

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350.166 - 355.287 PJ Kirby

But just go, we begs the days like. Yeah, but is he going to move? We claimed it though.

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355.722 - 357.425 Kevin Twomey

I think the girls would sooner go to Dermot.

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357.445 - 373.674 PJ Kirby

Nah, they would. But girls, come on. Come on, girls. Dermot has enough money. Come to our show. Now, you begged us to go to where else it needs to sell. Brisbane. Brisbane, yeah. If you're in Brisbane, girls, get onto the local Irish or Brisbane group and get promoting the show, please.

374.095 - 379.705 Kevin Twomey

Because I think Sydney and Melbourne, we've sold out a date for each of those. And I think another one's been added or something.

379.685 - 383.411 PJ Kirby

I'm just buzzing to go back to Australia and see New Zealand for the first time in general.

383.912 - 390.643 Kevin Twomey

We were the topic of conversation this week on a little program called News Talk.

390.663 - 393.748 PJ Kirby

Oh, rave reviews, girls. Rave reviews. 10 out of 10.

Chapter 5: What experiences shaped the hosts' views on intelligence in school?

399.057 - 400.9 Kevin Twomey

Actually, we've had two reviews in the last week.

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401.065 - 406.372 PJ Kirby

What was the second one? Oh, yeah. We also got reviews by the Irish Times. Love you to bits, girls. Thanks so much.

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406.512 - 422.955 Kevin Twomey

But they segment our news talk is basically them just talking about podcasts. They take a different one every week to discuss it. They had lovely things to say about us. And in the end, I think they've given us a 10 out of 10 and a 9 out of 10, which apparently had never been given before. But one thing that did come up in the conversation was...

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422.935 - 431.264 Kevin Twomey

the idea of us feigning the cork accents are hamming them up a bit. And finally, girls, we can drop it. We can drop the accents, girls.

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431.284 - 432.566 PJ Kirby

I'm just so happy we can drop it.

432.586 - 440.655 Kevin Twomey

We're actually about E4. It's out in the open. But why even come out and say it and be like, oh, do you think they're putting on the cork accents? I thought it was a bit wild.

440.675 - 441.456 PJ Kirby

Oh, did you take offence?

442.177 - 461.548 Kevin Twomey

I just thought, coming from... the Dubliners. It's a bit rich. It's like, lads, there is a world outside of Dublin. You know what I mean? And the idea that any other accent that is in Dublin, it's like, oh, well, surely they're only putting that on because no way could anyone sound like that. And like, oh, geez, are they both?

461.528 - 481.056 Kevin Twomey

2E just from Cork I thought they were just messing like I thought they were just like ah there they're putting on the accent but there kind of seemed something more in it like my thing was I was like they were kind of going on about us as if we were an extinct species they were like yeah no way could it be that strong but I know your Cork accent is stronger than mine as well

Chapter 6: How do the hosts define street smarts versus academic intelligence?

607.855 - 608.196 PJ Kirby

Exactly.

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608.216 - 615.432 Kevin Twomey

And it's based kind of more so on talent than who you know or what your upbringing was or where daddy works. You know what I mean?

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615.452 - 621.687 PJ Kirby

So basically what we're saying is news talk. Your day is a fucking number, girl. You pissed off the wrong girl today, mama.

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621.707 - 630.878 Kevin Twomey

But I was thinking, I was like... They would have a stroke if they were to take a trip out to the Dunn stores in Ballyvalan. You know what I mean? It's like our accents aren't that strong.

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630.898 - 645.573 PJ Kirby

Also, lads, if you think my accent is strong now, you should have heard me when I first went to London. I always remember, like, I never thought, like, because obviously I just grew up in the north side of Cork City, that, like, I never really thought that my accent was that strong because I was surrounded by people who had the same accent as me. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

645.593 - 663.394 PJ Kirby

But I always remember my first week in Urdang, the dance college I went to, And I asked a question, something like, oh, where do we pick up our timetable now? Or something like this. And your mum's like, I'm sorry? I was like, so where do we pick up our timetable? Like, that's the kind of way I was talking back then. Do you know what I mean? She was like, sorry? And I said it three times.

663.454 - 672.344 PJ Kirby

And by the third time, I just goes, it's Grant. And I just, I was the most, I was puce, girls. I was never more embarrassed in my life. I had to learn to pronounce my words more. I was a chronic mumbler, basically.

672.364 - 681.757 Kevin Twomey

My thing was, when I started, like, my acting and voice teacher, Ali James. Is it Ali James? Yeah. She was like, love the accent.

681.817 - 682.198 PJ Kirby

We love it.

Chapter 7: What are the various types of intelligence discussed in the episode?

717.045 - 726.535 Kevin Twomey

Yeah, it's tongue placement. If I really slow down my speech, I can actually tuck it in behind my teeth and it's a bit easier. But I don't mind having sloppy tongue placement.

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726.555 - 732.921 PJ Kirby

Yeah. And also like, I wouldn't want to change my accent for the world. Like I'm really proud of my accent because it's also where you're from.

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733.221 - 755.001 Kevin Twomey

Yeah. Could you imagine if we started putting on like some softer accent or trying to neutralise what we're about? I love being out on a night out, right? And hearing a girl from Roscommon or hearing a girl from Tip or like hearing a woman with a pure slow accent doing Kerry. Now, I don't want to start laughing and go, geez, doesn't your accent sound hilarious? The dubs do have a habit of that.

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755.161 - 765.907 Kevin Twomey

Yeah, they do. I've been like, With Maura Higgins' rise to fame, which should be studied. Studied. Who's her agent? Who is her agent? And also who's her stylist? Who's her stylist? They're doing everything right.

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765.927 - 766.73 PJ Kirby

She's doing everything right, girl.

767.171 - 771.643 Kevin Twomey

Right. Yeah. She's been cast in The American Dancing with the Stars. She's doing it all.

771.623 - 793.041 Kevin Twomey

all she said she did do the mood board and she had dancing with the stars in the mood board or the vision board sorry she stayed in on new year's eve girlies she made a pasta had a glass of wine and she got to work couple of ye need to stay in and get on that mood board girls but remember when she did love island and subsequently did other reality tv programs

793.156 - 808.11 Kevin Twomey

Not even just around the world, not even in like England where people are being like, oh my God, the Irish accent. A lot of it was actually from the Irish side. They were saying, Jesus, doesn't she sound hilarious? No, doesn't her accent sound gorgeous?

808.171 - 810.135 PJ Kirby

Yeah, but now I do think...

Chapter 8: How do humor and intelligence relate according to the hosts?

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The similarity between the Cork and Jamaican accents stems from 17th century history when thousands of Irish labourers and indentured servants, many from the Munster region, including Cork, were sent to Jamaica.

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950.671 - 971.016 Kevin Twomey

They worked alongside enslaved Africans and acted as their primary teachers of English, blending Irish regional dialects, Hiberno-English, with African language to form the basis of Jamaican patois. Isn't that so interesting? Unreal. And one of the key shared features is actually the musicality in our voices and the lilt. Yeah. Which is really interesting, isn't it?

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971.036 - 988.335 PJ Kirby

Now, I do think when God was making me, he was having a laugh because why do I have a sing-songy accent but I can't sing a note? Girls, it's so sad. Sometimes a tear comes to my eye because I would be unstoppable if I could sing.

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988.315 - 992.122 Kevin Twomey

But you know the way sometimes you like to commit to something.

992.282 - 1003.684 PJ Kirby

But you can't teach this. I tried this. I think you could. No, babe, I'm tone deaf. I literally am. Like, if you give me a note. No, remember Emily in Cat's Eye. She was really weak in that first assessment. Yeah, but now she still can't sing.

1003.704 - 1016.323 Kevin Twomey

No, she's going into the band, girl. Yeah, but they've auto-tuned her, girl. No. She's great. Remember by the end she was fabulous. I reckon if you were to have intense singing lessons for a period, I reckon we could get you up to like a group.

1016.744 - 1033.003 PJ Kirby

No, I'm getting flashbacks to when I was in Eartang and they were making me sing somewhere. What's this one? There's a bright golden haze on the meadow. There's a bright golden haze on the meadow. Oh, what a beautiful morning. Yeah, and I had to do it for my assessment and I had to get up in front of everyone and sing and I was mortified.

1032.983 - 1035.766 Kevin Twomey

But again, you were there a month. Imagine if you'd have kept at it.

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