Caitriona Balfe Teaches Conan A Gaelic Phrase - CONAN on TBS

(Original airdate: 05/25/16) Even though Caitriona is Irish, she's spent so much time in America that she's nearly lost her Irish brogue.

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[HyButchan]

Her Irish accent is very clear. She is just a well-spoken Irish person. Americans are expecting to hear an Irish accent from the bogs and are not used to a standard clear Irish accent.

[melps]

She totally sounds Irish to me. Not thick accent but you can hear it.

[victorocallaghan]

She has a posh Irish accent. Upper class dublin accent

[jeffhegarty]

Her Irish accent, when speaking English, is still noticeable. If I remember my Wikipedia correctly, she's from Monaghan. The phrase she used is pure Ulster Irish, almost native-speaker standard. That's the part that impressed me.

[colmwhateveryoulike]

She sounds very much Irish with only a few hints here and there that she's lived in America for a while. What Conan doesn't understand is that there are multiple distinct accents for each of the 32 counties in the island of Ireland.

[hugostiglitz]

She sounds totally Irish. CoB has no idea what he's talking about. The irish accent changes from county to county.

[mytube]

Irish spelling is actually very logical and highly regular. It might look daunting and strange to an English speaker, but it's far from the mess that is English spelling. Once you learn the rules of Irish spelling (they're not very complicated or numerous), you can read and speak just about any word or sentence you find, despite not understanding the meaning. There are a few, fairly rare exceptions that rely on knowledge of grammar to pronounce correctly, but apart from that, it's easy!

[harperwalsh]

For those wondering, the phrase she said is spelt "tá tú comh chamtha le cos deireadh madaidh"

[blackibex]

Conan is a Gaelic male name that is common mainly in England and Ireland. It is derived from the Gaelic root word cú with a diminutive suffix and means "little wolf".

[SweetCarolineBAMBAMBAM]

Finally an Irish celebrity that speaks Irish!! Woooh

[Cork_UO]

You can clearly hear the Irish accent.

[Nickee_Sonicjinn]

I love listening to Caitriona Balfe's interview because she's such a great speaker who really has a plethora of knowledge and ideas about her work
but this compiled version of the interview is just too short!
Give us the full version of their conversation, Team Coco! 😏💚🧡💛

[abitofcraic]

In fact, Coinín actually means rabbit in Irish 😂

[solarblitzX]

DAE think she looks like Ellie Kemper? I swear I thought it was her!

[StoveyStoveTop]

“Gaelic” is Scottish. Irish is Irish. (Gaeilge is the OG name for the Irish language)

Surprised Caitriona didn’t correct Conan, but she’s just so polite and graceful. And oh boyo, how graceful she was in Belfast. A fantastic film…Thank you, Kenneth Branagh!

[georgemackenzie]

People think her accent sounds American? Sounds quite Irish to me actually...

[MrSchizoid]

She definitely has an Irish accent, the more the video goes on the clearer that becomes.

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Oh she has without doubt a lovely and clearly noticeable Irish accent. The heck Conan?!

[Darraghcollins]

I'm Irish and iv never seen or heard of her. But she's extremely beautiful 😍

[retrothingz]

O'Brien's Irish shtick at the 1.00 minute mark is hilarious