Conan O’Brien makes Irish TV debut after tracing family roots in Limerick

US TV host and comedian Conan O’Brien had made his Irish TV debut after tracing his family roots in Limerick. 

Ros na Rún’s village rogue and publican, Tadhg Ó Direáin is faced with a feisty delivery man who’s having none of Tadhg’s arrogant nonsense. Standing his ground, Conan O’Brien, the new Ros na Rún delivery man is certainly no push over for Tadhg, as a war of words is declared between the two in Tigh Thaidhg.

Loyal fans of Ireland’s only rural based TV drama will have to watch on April 30 at 8.30pm to see if the publican Tadhg throws Conan out of his pub. 

Conan O’Brien and HBO Max visited Ireland in January to record one of their unique travel shows as part of the Conan O’Brien Must Go series. His primary focus was to trace his family roots in Limerick while taking in some of Ireland’s most unique features. 

For his travel show, Conan Without Borders, the comedian made his way to Galbally, where he explained that his great-grandfather was from, before leaving in the 1870s. 

At the time of his visit, he also shared on social media that he was working with Limerick Genealogy to trace his roots while in the country. 

Speaking of the series, Conan said: “Getting to work with the cast and crew of ‘Ros Na Run’ was a delightful highlight of my trip to Ireland, and I apologize in advance for inadvertently butchering my mother tongue.”

Ros na Rún Series Producer, Marion Ní Loingsigh and her production team were thrilled to cast Conan O’Brien upon his request. Never shy of a challenge, Ros na Rún scriptwriters, producers and directors created a fun script for the world-famous comedian.

The producer of the series, Marion Ní Loingsigh, said: “Every day is a challenge on a working TV Set where we produce 82 episodes of Ros na Rún over 6 and half months of filming, so we’re never shy of a new challenge. 

“It was thrilling to get the request from Conan O’Brien that he wanted to have a cameo appearance in Season 28.

Ros na Rún is broadcast twice-weekly on Tuesday and Thursday at 8.30pm on TG4 with an omnibus on Sunday evening at 7.30pm and is also available on the TG4 and RTE players.