TABLE IN A STABLE

Each clue below can be answered by two words which differ only by the addition of an initial letter in the second word. For example, a flat-topped piece of furniture used for working or eating found in a building used to shelter animals, would be a TABLE IN A STABLE.

1. A soaring bird of prey with a pet dog.
2. A ship on a ship
3. A scoundrel with an Irish accent
4. Country full of boring people

Answers:

1. An eagle with a beagle
2. An ark on a bark
3. A rogue with a brogue 
4. Land of the bland