to ask is Jackser an Irish name.

[Mumoftwinsandanother]

I've not heard of it although I could swear the man I just met by that name is Irish. DH says he is Welsh. He's usually better at accents than me given he is Scottish.

Did he say, 'Jack, sir'?

Never heard it either in Ireland.

The Dubs used to add o to names, like Declan was Deco.. But haven't heard that either in a long time.

On mixing up Irish accents with others, I think it's easily done when people have lived outside the country for a long time. I keep being asked if I'm Canadian!

If he was Welsh you could have misheard 'Macsen'.

No..it sounds like a nickname.

I didn't mishear. His name was written down "Jackser" on his business card.

Adding '-ser' can be a Dublin thing - but I've only heard it from older family that still live in the city centre. It's never a name you'd give yourself though. A (real) Dublin accent from the city would never be confused with a Welsh one though, one of you is well off

Unless he's one of what my mother calls 'our new people' and it's some sort of east European accent mashup?

@TurquoiseLagoon, yes it was all going well for Joxer until he 'met a German's daughter on the banks of the river Rhine and he told her she'd be welcome in Ballyfermot anytime' ;)

His surname (which I won't say on here) is an Anglicised version of an Irish Surname apparently. He's Irish I am pretty sure. I didn't hear Dublin, though and I have a good friend from there. Interestingly though the only place I have seen Jackser referred to on google is a novel by a writer from Dublin writing about dirt poor Dublin families.

I’ve never heard that name.
My husband is from Dublin and he thinks cork accents and welsh accents sound very alike. He’s not the only Person from Dublin I’ve heard say this. I can’t hear it myself at all!!

Sorry, he's actually from Singapore

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I'm from Cork and have never heard of anyone called Jackser. I now want to hear the story behind it. You'll have to hire him OP just to find out.

OK hired he is. Maybe he just had a mum with a penchant for unusual/made up names. Odd as I thought that was a modern day concept.

The Jacks, is nickname for toilet. I think I've heard it called jackser as well.

Just when you said an anglicized version of an Irish surname, that made me think...
I’ve known friends to change their Irish names (that are difficult to spell/pronounce elsewhere) to a nickname or phonetic version, when working/living in the UK or US, or anywhere.
Jackser could be on his business card instead of his actual name (whatever that could potentially be!)

From some extensive internet research I think it might be a name from County Louth in EIRE. There aren't many there but there are a few Jacksers playing in football teams there (coming up as full names in a list rather than as surnames). Anyone from Louth can confirm this?

There was also a reference to a traveller with the name Jackser.

Jacksy means arsehole where I'm from but never heard of jackser

@HelloDarlin, I went to school with a girl who moved to London afterwards. Her name was Caoilfhionn Bhreathnach.

Within about 2 weeks she had become Keelin Walsh because she said she just hadn't a hope otherwise