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  • Yeah, well, I'm here, folks.

  • This is Ireland County.

  • Limerick.

  • Beautiful place.

  • Just fantastic.

  • It's good to be here now.

  • It's very customary for Irish Americans to come back to Ireland, try and find their roots.

  • That's what I'm doing.

  • I've done some research, and I'm gonna go out and try and connect with my past.

  • What's your name?

  • Patty.

  • Patty.

  • Don't worry.

  • Conan O'Brien.

  • Nice to meet you.

  • Yeah, I'm I'm in Ireland and I'm trying to find my relatives.

  • I don't want if you could help me.

  • Maybe you know, somebody that, uh, is related to me.

  • The last name is O'Brien.

  • Yeah, Brian's in Ireland.

  • I don't know.

  • Just sort of the Ireland area.

  • They ate a lot of meats, potatoes, and he had a head.

  • That was kind of a big first name.

  • Was like Sean or path wrecker.

  • Uh, that was a plate that was very green.

  • Frankel's, um, prone to depression.

  • And he like you like to drink?

  • That is any of this help.

  • I'm gonna show you some pictures, and you tell me if anybody looks familiar.

  • Okay.

  • This was this right?

  • Here is my my two great great uncles.

  • That's a farm they?

  • They grew nothing.

  • This is my great great grandmother right there, Right?

  • She looked familiar at all.

  • Anyone that might look like her.

  • This is my father.

  • When he was a young man, his name is Auggie.

  • Those years were a bunch of my cousins on the date, and they all married each other.

  • I got married to each other.

  • My brother's folks.

  • I might have a tours after did this one, though.

  • I feel finds out bad.

  • You just cheese.

  • What?

  • Type it Only by my drinking that that wasn't a sentence.

  • I would have said yes.

  • Run Booth thing.

  • This is my great great grandmother.

  • What she's holding.

  • Whatever.

  • You don't think she's pretty, right?

  • What's your name?

  • O'Halloran.

  • So there's an O in front that means we're related, right?

  • Hey, no.

  • Come on.

  • O'Brien and O'Halloran.

  • Right?

  • We're all coming in here.

  • This is good.

  • So I brought some money.

  • Are there any O'Brien's in town?

  • There's petty.

  • Oh, brain.

  • Would you say he's a funny man?

  • No, I'm not leaving.

  • Okay, so maybe we're related.

  • One thing you'll discover in this country is that in just about every Irish home, there's a picture of one of the Kennedys.

  • Pretty cool.

  • This is George from the movie Airport.

  • 71 privilege because the Burt Reynolds of Ireland is sitting at the end of the bar.

  • Excuse me.

  • I'll be right back the side of the mountain.

  • Lower water.

  • Fall with one waters flow.

  • Oh, you got to have yourself a Guinness.

  • Since you have Thio drink, tell me dining in the video.

  • Who?

  • Be honest, like newer stuff.

  • They made up their mind gone Denver you, John?

  • Because I'm leaving on a jet plane.

  • I don't know that again.

  • So I'm wondering, Are there any O'Brien's in your family?

  • Thank you.

  • Yeah, like very much.

  • Anyway, did I ever ask for potatoes, French fries, anything like that?

  • Yes, they do, Yes.

  • Do you serve it here?

  • Yes.

  • He's serving the chips here.

  • This is very good.

  • What do you call this?

  • Chips, Chips.

  • All right, let me tell you who I am.

  • My name is Conan O'Brien.

  • Can you say that?

  • Say it again.

  • Say, King of late night.

  • That's right.

  • That sounds terrific.

  • I have a talk show in America.

  • I'm on television and I'm very, very famous in America.

  • Big star, I t to a famous Irish Americans, and I'm gonna show them right now.

  • You want to see these?

  • This will help educate you.

  • This is Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

  • That's a famous Irish American.

  • He's a senator.

  • Do you know this guy?

  • This is George Clooney.

  • You know George Clooney.

  • And then finally, this is the most famous Irish American.

  • This is Shaquille O'Neal.

  • E.

  • And I took you out of class because I think you look a lot like me.

  • And I think, uh, that one day you could be the next Conan O'Brien.

  • I'm not gonna last forever.

  • I've got another few years left in me and maybe not even that clearly having a breakdown.

  • Would you like to talk to celebrity someday and be a talk show host?

  • Um, you'd have to talk to.

  • It's not all easy.

  • You know, people like Charo.

  • She's okay.

  • But, uh, Eartha Kitt, sometimes I mean, sometimes we don't get the best guess, and you're out there.

  • Just It's rough.

  • You'd be okay with that?

  • You can really The kid She's got nothing to say.

  • Okay.

  • What?

  • The cliffs of more?

  • This is where O'Brien Tower is located.

  • This castle kind of belongs to me, doesn't it?

  • So long.

  • So I'm gonna go up there right now.

  • Is it really beautiful up there?

  • No.

  • Spectacular.

  • It's spectacular.

  • This is the highest point.

  • I'm looking forward to this.

  • I'm gonna go up there and reclaim my heritage.

  • Thank you very much.

  • Brother.

  • This is Ryan Castle.

  • This is my castle.

  • It's up here on the cliffs of Lord.

  • I have no idea where my ancestors abandoned it.

  • It's beautiful.

  • I don't believe this place.

  • Hi.

  • How do you like my You get in here, world.

  • Go.

  • Well cast.

  • Oh, welcome to my castle.

  • It's amazing.

  • I'm glad Tranquillity went back home.

Yeah, well, I'm here, folks.

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