Sentence:  I had no doubt he knew where I was from, for I had the <WSD>brogue</WSD>, although not much of it. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A strong dialectal accent. In Ireland it used to be a term for Irish spoken with a strong English accent, but gradually changed to mean English spoken with a strong Irish accent as English control of Ireland gradually increased and Irish waned as the standard language.