Writing dialog with accents?

Question

i'm writing an Irish based story so of course the characters are Irish and have an Irish accent. how should i show their accents? for example should i replace this and is with 'tis? or is that British? don't they say ye and yer a lot? and should something like my friend become me friend? what other things would make the characters sound very Irish? thanks

Answer 1

Replace boy with laddie.

Girl with lassie.

And this would sound like 'iss and it is would be "tis".

If someone is going to perform the dialogs- they should learn how to sound Irish or Celtic.

Watch videos on youtube posted from Ireland.  Its really helpful.

Answer 2

write what you know. the story will suck if you go out of your knowledge range.