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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
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hi what's your name patty patty don't
worry it's Conan O'Brien nice to me but
a toy oh yeah I'm I'm in Ireland and I'm
trying to find my relatives uh-huh I
don't want if you could help me maybe
you know somebody that is related to me
the last name is Oh Brian Brian
yeah runnable Brian's in Ireland what
are they up I don't know just sort of
the Ireland area video yeah they ate a
lot of meat and potatoes and he had a
head that was kind of big first name it
was like Shawn or Patrick or comb dude
it was a plate that was very green
crackles prone to depression and he
liked liked to drink is that is any of
this helping I'm gonna show you some
pictures and you tell me if anybody
looks familiar
okay this was this right here is my with
my doesn't my two great great uncles
that's a farm that they um they grew
nothing this is my
great-great-grandmother
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 ears were surgically altered later
those were a bunch of my cousin's on the
day that they all married each other
got married to each other my brother's
foster I might have at all after did
this one though I'd add a few points out
and bad you just cheese what should be a
big uns and I would type around me but
by my drinkin that Tatum get chucked up
there wasn't a sentence I grew up with
help set the - yes for the Randy this
was my great-great-grandmother what she
is a whole dead weight for whatever they
can i you don't think she's pretty oh
that's alright
what's your name Oh O'Halloran so
there's a no in front yeah that means
we're related right this is good so can
I borrow some money
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are there any O'Brien's in town there is
petty Oh brain would you say he's a
funny man no not really
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 which is
pretty cool this is George from the
movie Airport 71
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we're very privileged because the Burt
Reynolds of Ireland is sitting at the
end of the bar excuse me I'll be right
back honestly he's tired of the mountain
when waters flow oh you got to have
yourself a Guinness then you have to
drink tell me darling in the earth
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be honest like newer stuff they made up
their minds
John Denver you like John Denver because
I don't know so I'm wondering are there
any O'Brien's in your family uh yeah I'm
not very much anyway did I ever ask for
potatoes french fries anything like that
yes they do yes do you serve it here yes
these having 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 have two shirts you have famous
Irish Americans and I'm going to 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 can you say
Shaquille O'Neal
and I took you out of the class because
I think you look a lot like me
and I think 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 I'm
clearly having a breakdown would you
like to talk to celebrity Sunday and be
a talk-show host
you'd have to talk to it's not all easy
you know people like Charo she's okay
but Eartha Kitt sometimes I mean
sometimes we don't get the best guess
and you're out there just it's rough but
you'd be okay with that yeah okay really
where's the kid she's got nothing to say
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okay we're at the cliffs of mohr this is
where O'Brien tower is located this
castle kind of belongs to me doesn't it
it belongs to all the guys that 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
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we need it this is a brian castle this
is my castle it's up here on the cliffs
of moher i have no idea what my
ancestors abandoned it
it's it's beautiful leave this place
hi
how do you like my castle look welcome
to my castle it's amazing
I'm glad clone I can't believe in back
home
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