A Ros na Rún producer has said she is "delighted" with Conan O'Brien's Emmy win for an episode of his travel show which contained a cameo he filmed for the Irish soap.
The beloved American television host made his Irish TV drama debut on TG4's Ros na Rún in April and the segment was featured in an episode of his HBO Max travel show, Conan O'Brien Must Go.
The episode, which revolves around O'Brien's quest to trace his family's roots, won a Creative Arts Emmy in the Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program category.
Speaking on Morning Ireland on Wednesday, Ros na Rún series producer Marion Ni Loingsigh spoke about how the cameo appearance originated.
She said: "It came about when they approached us and said that Conan O'Brien was coming to Ireland for his travel show and they were looking to see if he could have a part in Ros na Rún. We were delighted with this."
She continued: "We reached out to one of our writers Eoin Mac Diarmada, we gave him a short brief and he wrote a scene that really worked well for our programme.
"The American producers loved it, it worked well for what they were trying to achieve, so they came to Ros na Rún in January. They were here with us for a couple of hours and we filmed the scene."
Elaborating on O'Brien's role, said: "He played a delivery man that was coming in to deliver balloons to Tigh Thaidhg for a charity event that was happening that evening. We wrote this scene that would work with the stories that were already happening in our episodes."
The producer said O'Brien did "really well" with the cúpla focal.
"We had Kevin Hussey our dialect coach, he had written all the lines out phonetically," she said. "There were plenty of rehearsals and then Conan would tweak some of the words himself so that it would help him pronounce them better. He did really, really well.
"Our audience was delighted to hear him and pleasantly surprised with his cúpla focal."
When asked if they are expecting an invite to the Emmys, she said: "Not at the moment, no! But we are delighted, it is amazing for Ros na Rún and the Irish language that the show has featured in this programme that has just won an Emmy award.
"It goes to show that Ros na Rún has come an awful long way in the last 30 years. It's great having an international personality with such a huge following wanting to to be part of the show."
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