History-Sode | Ocracoke Brogue

History-Sode | Ocracoke Brogue

Down in the Outer Banks of North Carolina lies Ocracoke Island, where the accent sounds like it’s from another time and another continent.

In this special U.S.-Irish history-sode, we explore how Irish and Scottish settlers helped shape the unique Ocracoke Brogue, and how families like yours may have carried old-world language into a new coastal life.

Sources Used:

  • North Carolina Language and Life Project (NCLLP)

  • "Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks" by Walt Wolfram & Jeffrey Reaser

  • National Park Service: Ocracoke History

  • Hyde County Historical Records

  • RootsIreland.ie and Colonial Land Records

  • Irish & Scottish Immigration Patterns to the American South (University of North Carolina Archives)

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