Caitriona Balfe Teaches Conan A Gaelic Phrase - CONAN on TBS

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Published 2021-03-31
(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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All Comments (21)
  • @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.
  • @melps2124
    She totally sounds Irish to me. Not thick accent but you can hear it.
  • @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.
  • @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".
  • @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! 😏💚🧡💛
  • @mytube001
    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!
  • @colmwhateveryoulike3240
    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.
  • @harperwalsh9041
    For those wondering, the phrase she said is spelt "tá tú comh chamtha le cos deireadh madaidh"