Renowned US TV Host and Comedian, Conan O’Brien makes his Irish TV Drama debut with TG4’s series Ros na Rún on Tuesday evening.
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 is 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 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.
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.
High on the priority list for O’Brien, who consistently declares his Irish heritage, was to speak Irish and have a cameo role on the leading TG4 drama series Ros na Rún, now in its 28th Season.
“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,” Conan said.
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 script writers, producers and directors created a fun script for the world famous comedian.
Featuring along side Ros na Rún’s Tadhg Ó Direáin, the “ delivery man”, Conan O’Brien, certainly gave as good as he got and Ros na Rún’s audiences will now be keen to find out who wins out.
Vince, played by Paul Mc Closkey, has once again been let down by Tadhg as part of the cameo story while Bobbi Lee, played by Annamaria Nic Dhonncha has another reason to wrap Tadhg on the knuckles over this debacle.
“We were beyond thrilled to host Conan O’Brien”, says Mairead Campbell Ros na Rún, production manager.
“Two stalwarts of TV on either side of the Atlantic, deeply rooted in their respective Irish heritage and culture, and bringing our beautiful Irish Language and Ros na Rún, TG4’s drama series, to a brand new world wide audience, we could not have had a better start to 2024.”
