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It's official - Irish women have the sexiest accent out of all of our neighbours.

Our girls came out on top in a survey of the most beautiful voices in Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales, it has emerged.

The cailini garnered 26% of the male vote to gain the crown.

The study, of over 750 people on married dating website illicitencounters.com, also saw Irish men fare pretty well, coming in third with 19% of the female vote.

They lost out to Scottish lads, who claimed 24% of women’s votes, closely followed by a ‘posh’ accent at 20%.

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The women beat out a ‘posh’ accent at 21%, followed by Geordie with 14%.

Rounding off the choice in men, 14% of women said they loved the Mancunian accent, followed by Geordie at 8%, Liverpudlian at 4% and West Country at 1%.

The men, meanwhile, preferred Brummies at 12%, 10% liked Mancunians and just 6% would go for the Scottish accent.

The West Country again landed on a measly 1% for the men.

10% of each gender’s vote went to ‘other’.

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And as many as 20% of men and 17% of women said that an unattractive accent would be enough of an issue that they wouldn’t date someone, according to the survey.

Illicitencounters.com spokesperson Christian Grant explained: “The Irish accent is unarguably sexy.

“Why? It’s hard to say for sure, but we can make some logical guesses.

“First, there’s an incredible amount of variety in the accent for such a small country.

“The Irish are also incredibly inventive with their vocabulary; even someone who has a comprehensive understanding of the English language can have trouble keeping up sometimes.

“And finally, we can’t underestimate the influence of Irish celebrities.

“The Colin Farrells and Saoirse Ronans of this world fly the Irish flag in Hollywood.”

Illicitencounters.com is a UK website with over 1,000,000 users since 2004.

The site adds: “Our members have one thing in common - they are all looking for a little romance outside their current relationship.

“Whether that’s the occasional bit of flirtatious chat, a regular coffee date, or a full-blown affair, that’s up to them.”