On Tuesday, April 30 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 late-night tv legend 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 O’Brien out of his pub.
On April 18th next TG4’s Ros na Rún will also be taken stateside with a feature broadcast as part of Conan O’Brien’s brand new HBO Max Travel series, Conan O’Brien Must Go.
Ros na Rún forms part of his Ireland programme for his travel series which also includes Conan O’Brien’s travel escapades to Norway, Thailand and Argentina.
The comedian 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,” says O’Brien.
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
Filmed on January 9, Conan O’Brien and his HBO Max production team arrived on set at Ros na Rún in An Spidéal in the Connemara Gaeltacht where Conan engaged in a tour of the purpose built TV set.
After that he met with the production team and linguistics coach Kevin Hussey, who coached and challenged him to learn his first lines as Gaeilge.
Rehearsals were full of laughter and lots of applause as Conan O’Brien firmly stepped into his role, as a delivery man in Ros na Rún.
Conan O Brien’s lines went way beyond “Céad Míle Fáilte” which he was well and truly familiar with from his Irish American, Massachusetts upbringing.
Ros na Rún will also feature on HBO Max’s Conan O Brien Must Go next month, bringing the Irish language and rural drama series to a new international and American audience.
