The cousin to Fake Brit and Fake American and a subtrope of Fake Nationality. Irish characters are some of the most frequently depicted foreigners in British and American media but due to the rather small number of Irish actors actually working they tend to be played by non-Irish actors with, ahem, 'variable' success when it comes to accents, or use the "wrong" Irish accent. For instance Northern Irish accents are quite distinct from southern Irish accents. Examples of Fake Irish include: