Thanks, freda, GREAT resource ~ mp3's of accents and dialents from around the English speaking world! (The website is called "IDEA," for "International Dialects of English Archive.")

I found it amusing that the three sample speakers of Northern Ireland English are all identified as "Caucasian" ~ duh! ~ but not as either Protestant or Catholic.

Number One is described as an "ex-nun," which probably puts her in the Catholic camp, or maybe ex-Catholic, which is probaly the same thing as far as culture and dialect are concerned.

Now, it it were an ex-priest, he could be an ex-Catholic Protestant if he had wanted to marry and remain a clergyman. At least, that's not uncommon in the US; I can see, however, that it might be more difficult for any Catholic in Ulster, priest or not, to convert over to the other side.