This paper takes a corpus pragmatic approach to the analysis of Irish English by focusing on the organisation of turn-taking in two connected, though distinct, varieties of world Englishes, Irish English and British English. The aim of the research is two-pronged: on the one hand, we explore how naturally occurring conversation is organised in the two varieties for comparative purposes, seeking to understand in a more nuanced way how confluence in turn-taking is achieved in everyday interactions. In doing so, we contribute to the understanding of the similarities and differences between the varieties more generally, foregrounding the distinctiveness of Irish English in the pantheon of world Englishes. We also aim to contribute to the more pan-varietal enterprise of understanding the intricacies and complexities of everyday interaction, how deceptively basic interactional flow is achieved through the manipulation of small, interpersonally loaded items, turn initial and turn final, with the focus here on turn final items. We use two complementary corpora of naturally occurring spoken interaction, the Limerick Corpus of Irish English (LCIE), and a sample of the Cambridge and Nottingham Corpus of Discourse in English (CANCODE), and a corpus-based discourse analytic approach to explore turn-taking, its sequential organisation and pragmatic characteristics.