US talk show host Conan O’Brien will make a cameo in TG4’s Ros na Rún on Tuesday, April 30th.
The comedian filmed the scenes during his trip to Ireland back in January.
Ahead of his Irish TV drama debut, Conan said: “Getting to work with the cast and crew of Ros Na Rún was a delightful highlight of my trip to Ireland, and I apologise in advance for inadvertently butchering my mother tongue.”
Teasing Conan’s big cameo at the end of this month, the show said: “On Tuesday 30 April at 8:30pm, 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, comedian and HBO Max TV personality Conan O’Brien, the new Ros na Rún delivery man, is certainly no pushover 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 and see if Vince gets his balloons for his party and if publican Tadhg throws the legendary TV personality Conan O’Brien out of his pub.”
Ros na Rún series producer Marion Ni Loingsigh added: “Who better to pair the famous US TV personality and comedian with than our very own leading legend Tadhg Ó Direáin, played by Macdara Ó Fátharta?”
“It was fun to create and film, and audiences will see a perfect delivery of Gaeilge by HBO’s Conan O’Brien in what is an abrupt but entertaining exchange with Tadhg.”
O’Brien jetted to Ireland back in January to film scenes for his HBO Max Travel series, Conan O’Brien Must Go.
The comedian traced his Irish roots for the show, which lead him to the village of Galbally in Co. Limerick – where his great-grandfather lived before he emigrated in the late 1870s.
In a video shared on social media, the 60-year-old said: “This is where my great-grandfather Thomas O’Brien lived and he left this piece of land, came to America, moved to central Massachusetts.”
“And the rest is a disaster… But anyway, cool to be back.”
Conan was writing for Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons when he was hired to take over from David Letterman on NBC’s Late Night in 1993.
The comedian hosted Late Night with Conan O’Brien until 2009, before he moved to The Tonight Show, replacing Jay Leno.
In 2010, NBC decided to give The Tonight Show back to Leno, which led to Conan leaving NBC.
Later that year, he landed his own late-night talk show on TBS called Conan, which he hosted until 2021.
