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  • @peytonnewell9146
    @peytonnewell9146 8 років тому +1010

    He has the most amazing voice

    • @allentonnesen1021
      @allentonnesen1021 5 років тому +7

      You're right, Conan does.

    • @paulbartolome9942
      @paulbartolome9942 5 років тому +1

      No...we all know it’s Morgan Freeman

    • @paturcaflorentina624
      @paturcaflorentina624 4 роки тому +8

      I find him very attractive because of his voice

    • @infoMania07
      @infoMania07 4 роки тому +1

      Larry King ladies and gentlemen

    • @Scott_Dunbar_II
      @Scott_Dunbar_II 4 роки тому +6

      I've known he was Irish for the longest time, but I've barely if ever heard a hint of Irish in his voice in all of his movies. It's just so distinctive and iconic that you can never tell what it is but recognize it immediately.

  • @Anfubvinch
    @Anfubvinch 9 років тому +331

    'I have a 160. It fires light back at the sun.' hahaha genius

  • @pyrophobia133
    @pyrophobia133 8 років тому +1779

    Liam Neeson isn't killing anyone in this scene

  • @stickytoffeepudding4949
    @stickytoffeepudding4949 6 років тому +46

    Liam Neeson doesn't actually say much in this clip, in fact most of his responses are very short and brief. Despite this it's still a very funny clip, just shows Conan's skills as an interviewer - he can make dull people appear very interesting, whilst making the conversation feel very natural. Top notch.

    • @userzed
      @userzed Рік тому +1

      Liam Neeson is anything but dull.

  • @kevonmartini10
    @kevonmartini10 9 років тому +143

    Makes sense that the Kentucky accent sounds so similar, since Liam is from Northern Ireland and Appalachia was settled by people from Northern Ireland originally

    • @soccerchamp0511
      @soccerchamp0511 9 років тому +22

      I think it's interesting that Liam Neeson mentioned the connection. Most Americans don't even know that there is such a strong connection between Northern Ireland and the U.S.

    • @NuclearHaggis
      @NuclearHaggis 9 років тому +7

      kevonmartini10
      The people in Northern Ireland who settled the south of the US were in actual fact the children of Scottish planters. They would have had Scottish accents, it''s why the modern Northern Irish accent sounds so Scottish, and it's why Liam used the Scottish word word och

    • @kevonmartini10
      @kevonmartini10 9 років тому

      Jason Gunn-Davis Yes, I know all about the Plantation of Ulster. Fascinating history.

    • @stevestruthers6180
      @stevestruthers6180 9 років тому +5

      Jason Gunn-Davis Liam has what is known as an Ulster Scots accent. It's true that the Irish do burn when they try to get a suntan. I am of Scots and Irish ancestry myself, and I most definitely burn when I've been out in the sun too long.

    • @kevonmartini10
      @kevonmartini10 9 років тому +1

      Some people knew it before that.

  • @heyya6279
    @heyya6279 11 років тому +119

    The irish accent has many variations believe it or not, from a 'Co Antrim' accent to a Cork one!

    • @NellieKAdaba
      @NellieKAdaba 10 років тому +6

      True, just like English and American accents...

    • @ggff3761
      @ggff3761 6 років тому +4

      Nellie K. Adaba it actually has far more variations than English accents and has roughly the same amount of variations as America which is astonishing considering the huge size difference

    • @millieo7155
      @millieo7155 6 років тому +4

      I've read and heard that Northern Ireland accents are easier for Americans than some Irish ones. I worked with someone who only had a slight accent but if she spoke like she did at home it sounded as incomprehensible as Old English to me. Interesting. I don't hear as dramatic differences in American accents as in Irish ones.

    • @thenextshenanigantownandth4393
      @thenextshenanigantownandth4393 5 років тому +2

      @@millieo7155 God no! The northern Irish accents are far more incomprehensible than most other Irish accents.

    • @madmettlepants7454
      @madmettlepants7454 4 роки тому

      @@thenextshenanigantownandth4393 trying listening to Cork and I think you'll soon reevaluate. Think of it this way, Northern Ireland to Ireland is like the Scotland to England.

  • @Sorutoku
    @Sorutoku 12 років тому +12

    Liam Neesen trained Obi-Wan and Batman AND lead the A-Team. I don't think it gets any more badass than that.

  • @breasthound
    @breasthound 10 років тому +494

    Liam is the Irish Harrison Ford.

  • @TenebriGaming
    @TenebriGaming 8 років тому +22

    I could listen to Liam talk all day and night long~

    • @liamneeson2255
      @liamneeson2255 2 роки тому

      Thanks for your love and support, fans like you is the reason why we keep moving forward, have you been to any of my concert?

  • @johnking5174
    @johnking5174 8 років тому +10

    Liam is from Ballymena in County Antrim, my father was born and raised in a small townland called Toome in County Antrim, just 11 miles down the road and yes I can say that is how County Antrim people speak. My father had a very pronounced Antrim accent just like Liam's old accent.

    • @Nathan-zv3hs
      @Nathan-zv3hs 6 років тому +1

      John King I have 3 friends that live in ballymena and they used to tell me stories about Liam’s mother as she lives like 3 houses down.. seems like a real humble family IMO

    • @diesel_dawg
      @diesel_dawg 6 років тому

      Not everyone in County Antrim speaks like that.

    • @Michael-gr1ik
      @Michael-gr1ik 5 років тому

      Diesel Dawg yes they do except if they’re from cushendall or lougheill. Antrim accents are horrible. South derry accents are the best in the country sir

  • @rosapittman3975
    @rosapittman3975 8 років тому +8

    My Dad is od partial Irish descent and yep he's pale as all get-out. Also, Liam makes a really good point about how there's a similarity between some southern and some Irish accents. Could possibly be because a lot of southerners are descended from people who came here in colonial times (late 18th century) from what is now Northern Ireland.

    • @liamneeson-ub2hv
      @liamneeson-ub2hv Рік тому

      Thanks for your love and support ♥️

    • @mattomara
      @mattomara 9 місяців тому

      It’s the most linguistically conservative accent in America so it checks out

  • @pedroalencar6140
    @pedroalencar6140 3 роки тому +6

    I from Brazil and I have an uncle that I never understood, I also never saw him sober, but that's a different story...

  • @JamesKelly89
    @JamesKelly89 9 років тому +6

    I have a strong Irish ancestry on my father's side. I can confirm that going outside when the sun is up is playing a dangerous game. I have to use at least SPF 90.

  • @t3e4r5r6y7
    @t3e4r5r6y7 9 років тому +25

    i'm irish and i know exactly what hes talking about .

    • @rukhsanazaidi629
      @rukhsanazaidi629 9 років тому

      Terry Kane carry an umbrella when it's bright outside

    • @t3e4r5r6y7
      @t3e4r5r6y7 9 років тому

      bettahthanyou Im talking about the irish accent ,idiot.

    • @rukhsanazaidi629
      @rukhsanazaidi629 9 років тому

      Terry Kane either way your pasty white self is in serious need of shielding when it's a bright sunny day HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    • @t3e4r5r6y7
      @t3e4r5r6y7 9 років тому +1

      bettahthanyou i'm not pasty white so hahahahaha,another thing you got wrong .

    • @HelpMyCatHasNoHair
      @HelpMyCatHasNoHair 6 років тому +1

      Bloody hell, you dont have to take it so seriously.

  • @sreekarpradyumna
    @sreekarpradyumna 7 років тому +12

    C: How fast do you burn?
    L: Fast

  • @thatmanckid
    @thatmanckid 10 років тому +11

    Very slight? Liam's kept an incredibly thick dialect considering he's been in America for the vast majority

  • @WHITTIERCATGIRL
    @WHITTIERCATGIRL 12 років тому +2

    Frkn Murphy brothers!!! Love These two Irish pasties.

  • @shelleydong211
    @shelleydong211 6 років тому +28

    Disappointing how many "nationality snobs" there are around here. Everyone in the US who's not Native American has blood from somewhere else. Nationality doesn't define your ancestry. What's basically going down in the shadowy sections of the comments: "You have 100% Irish blood, but how DARE you say that you are Irish? You were not born in Ireland; you're a disgrace to the REAL Irish, and we real Irish deny you of your Irish-ness!" Yes, let's all just toss any admiration for one's family background out because it is only exclusive to us! Well, won't you be sorry when one day you feel your culture is not appreciated or forgotten for good.
    Would you all rather Americans just throw away the ancestry that they can so proudly trace back to? So what would you say they are, ethnically? That idiotic term: just White Americans, is that it? And then you have people in Europe talking about how European identity is fading and how no genetically indigenous people care or love their heritage anymore? The fact that some "white" Americans still care enough about their roots to acknowledge and embrace them is absolutely wonderful (I say this as a non-white person, too).
    Your brethren may not be your nationality and live halfway across in a foreign land, but they have your BLOOD. The Irish, the Germans, the English, the Chinese, the Russians and etc etc etc-it goes for all "nationalities": You are of the same/similar genetic makeup (ethnically); it only happened that some stayed in their native country, and others went to live in America. And I agree, the people in their native home and the ones in America are NOT necessarily the same culturally, but how can someone go about rejecting the authentic blood of his brother? The mentality "I'm more real than you" is just distasteful.
    FWI, stuff about ethnicity gets tricky here in the US. "American" is not an ethnic culture. Nearly everyone here came from somewhere else across either the Pacific or Atlantic. Their blood didn't stop running Irish because their grandparents landed in America.

    • @michelleyates2522
      @michelleyates2522 4 роки тому +1

      What are you blabbing on about!?

    • @jaceomcgregor882
      @jaceomcgregor882 4 роки тому +1

      @@michelleyates2522 there are all fekin idiots.

    • @WizardOfTheHill
      @WizardOfTheHill 3 роки тому +2

      You do realize conan is one of the most Irish people in the world, like dna wise hes 100% Irish

    • @user-es7ui5mc1m
      @user-es7ui5mc1m 3 роки тому +1

      @@WizardOfTheHill well he can say he's ethnically Irish then, there's no problem with that but usually (especially in Europe) when you say "I'm Irish", you're talking about your nationality and the culture you grew up in. Granted, I don't know how much Irish culture Conan has been around but it's just that a lot of the time, those who are so proud to claim the heritage have very little knowledge on the country, e.g. regarding news and politics, even history, etc.
      Just in general, because Europe is so mixed, if our parents were already born in the same country as us, we're from that country. My friend is half Italian, half German, her mother is born in Germany after the grandparents had immigrated. I have never once heard her say she is Italian or Italian-German, she's just German. Same goes for my half Nigerian half German friend. Her dad is from Nigeria and immigrated a few years before she was born. Granted, she grew up living with just her mother but she has never said she's "African-German" or something like that. She's black/mixed and she says that sometimes, but other than that, if she is asked where she is from or to just say what she identifies as, she just says German.

    • @fromireland8663
      @fromireland8663 2 роки тому +1

      @Shelley Dong. Well said !

  • @PiazzaGurl
    @PiazzaGurl 7 років тому +3

    I can hear how his accent is mixed. That's normal. Love this Man. Ruggedly shexy.

  • @zekpopovich
    @zekpopovich 10 років тому +11

    Liam Neeson voice sound almost as the voice of the governor from the tv series Walking Dead, David Morrissey..

    • @Cetoke
      @Cetoke 10 років тому

      But I believe David is an englishman.

    • @goodgirlkay
      @goodgirlkay 10 років тому

      Cetoke He's Australian...

    • @goodgirlkay
      @goodgirlkay 10 років тому

      lemonpartyhellyeah Thanks...

    • @pinkdiamonds9137
      @pinkdiamonds9137 10 років тому

      kay jay Haahaa! You're terrible at identifying accents! He literally sounds nothing like an Australian! It's painfully obvious that he's English.

  • @sherp2u1
    @sherp2u1 10 років тому +32

    For a really small country there are an amazing amount of different accents in Ireland! Conan is an American of some Irish descent, he would be laughed at in Ireland for his geekiness!

    • @aarontobias6486
      @aarontobias6486 2 роки тому +6

      I assume you've seen it but in case you haven't "some Irish descent" is quite the understatement. This man has a 100% Irish ethnic makeup

    • @cjfinnigan1
      @cjfinnigan1 Рік тому

      @@aarontobias6486 southern Irish desent, which is what Americans know as Ireland

  • @Esgoda
    @Esgoda 10 років тому +8

    These comments are hilarious. People saying that he's American and not Irish when he clearly said that he grew up in Ballymena Northern Ireland and even told a story about when he was 16 at HOME in IRELAND. Come on guys.

    • @NellieKAdaba
      @NellieKAdaba 10 років тому

      I love him, he's Irish.

    • @TheFalloutmadman
      @TheFalloutmadman 10 років тому +2

      Thank you for saying "Northern Ireland" haha, most Americans i met kept saying Ireland.

    • @Esgoda
      @Esgoda 10 років тому

      samuel darragh I'll have to agree with those Americans but I was just quoting Liam before.

    • @markoneill8797
      @markoneill8797 10 років тому +2

      samuel darragh yes we always have to keep the Ulster unionists happy don't we Samuel, having the country remain in the UK just isn't enough for you all. Comments like that are plastered all over the internet, it gets tiresome seeing them.
      It's the same with Derry/Londonderry, I know a few Americans who have been rudely insulted in their own country when they asked if the person was from County Derry.

  • @leedent6796
    @leedent6796 5 років тому +5

    People from Ireland think an African named Mukembe Umvawa is more Irish than Conan O'Brien because he was born in Ireland.

    • @WarPigs413
      @WarPigs413 3 роки тому

      Yeah it's absurd logic

  • @coldhank
    @coldhank 6 років тому +2

    What a voice!

  • @lilaina1727
    @lilaina1727 8 років тому +5

    Feels good to be a quarter/half irish.

    • @Strein86
      @Strein86 5 років тому +2

      A eighth Irish and an eighth English on my paternal grandma's side.

    • @EvelynL.1112
      @EvelynL.1112 5 років тому +1

      @@Strein86 What's the other 75%?

  • @petitmeowmeow
    @petitmeowmeow Рік тому +2

    My grandma has an irish accent, lives in england, but she says "when I go back to ireland they all say I sound british"

  • @rbt4196
    @rbt4196 3 роки тому +1

    Liam neeson should be the punisher

  • @40kanon
    @40kanon 8 років тому +10

    Conan should bring Jacksepticeye on the next time he's in LA.

  • @JustTonyaB
    @JustTonyaB 11 років тому +1

    Liam Neeson does a good Kentucky accent lol.

  • @parsa2176
    @parsa2176 3 роки тому +1

    he has such a great voice

  • @bubleenka
    @bubleenka 5 років тому

    I live in Northern Ireland not far from ballymena where he is from and yeaaah he still got the accent

  • @onev2455
    @onev2455 9 років тому +10

    Close your eyes and picture Conan interviewing Aslan.

  • @MaxomosZ
    @MaxomosZ 11 років тому +1

    He was also Hannibal, Shinder and all sorts of awesome people but best of all, he's Liam Neeson.

  • @trinibee09
    @trinibee09 12 років тому +1

    I love him..my fav actor ;)

  • @loftyLP42
    @loftyLP42 5 років тому +3

    Love Ireland 🇮🇪

  • @ArrowTwoOne
    @ArrowTwoOne 11 років тому +2

    Irish descendent and being Irish are different.

  • @shahaba3189
    @shahaba3189 6 років тому +1

    I could listen to Liam say "smear" again and again

  • @Nitro192192
    @Nitro192192 10 років тому +30

    Tom cruise is Irish too, So is Gerard Butler and Colin Farrel, All very unique in their own way. But Liam and Conan both have that pale skin, and medium reddish brown hair that Irish people are known for.

    • @ainemcstay284
      @ainemcstay284 10 років тому +45

      gerard butlers Scottish not irish

    • @irishcajun85
      @irishcajun85 10 років тому +12

      aine mcstay Butler was born in Scotland but is of Irish descent, and had a strict Roman Catholic upbringing.

    • @ainemcstay284
      @ainemcstay284 10 років тому +7

      yeah but he is scottish raised

    • @iLL3571
      @iLL3571 10 років тому +6

      Patty Walker
      and "roman catholic" whatever relates how to his parents' nationality? Cut all this religion bullshit off people, wake up already

    • @irishcajun85
      @irishcajun85 10 років тому +8

      He is proud that he's from Scotland, but don't ask ME to wake up...he was raised up as an Irish Roman Catholic in Scotland, and he is a Celtic fan. Don't act like you don't know what that means.

  • @AngelaChase
    @AngelaChase 3 роки тому +1

    OMG! This is too funny!!!

  • @anorourke
    @anorourke 10 років тому +2

    Irish-Americans who are mindful of their heritage, however near or distant, is all fine and well. The offensive move is when Irish-Americans approach Irish people, start going about their Irish ties, and think it's gonna make the two of them connect on some higher level. 'My family came over during the Potato Famine' 'I DON'T CARE.'
    With that said, I'd say Conan gets a pass here, given that it's a televised interview, and he has to find a way to connect with his guest and make it entertaining to the audience.

    • @LibertineDeSade
      @LibertineDeSade 10 років тому

      On some level I agree with you. I'm black but I have a tiny trace of Irish heritage in that my great-grandmother was of Irish descent. It's not something I identify with solely, but it is something I respect and appreciate.
      I can't speak for other immigrant birthed countries (Canada, Australia, etc), but I do believe that there is something inherent in Americans that makes us seek out our "roots", and appreciate where our ancestors come from. I love to learn about African, European, Asian and Native American cultures largely because these are the places my ancestors come from. I do feel tied to them, even if they reject me for one reason or another.
      Granted, it is annoying when one group is more overbearing in their need to be connect to their respective "mother-lands". Having grown up in a predominately Irish-Catholic neighborhood I have to say that I got sick of how "Irish" these American folks pretended to be. Waving Irish flags around and plastering leprechauns all over the place, all the while not knowing jack-shit about Ireland. So yeah I can see where that is offensive. But I don't understand how someone wanting to connect with someone else is offensive. That's just me...

    • @anorourke
      @anorourke 10 років тому

      Libertine DeSade I say offensive because it's a bit like a rich white kid from Malibu with hip-hop clothes and a ghetto accent approaching a black guy from South Central and talking to him like they're on the same level. On the outside, it looks like a friendly attempt to connect, but between the lines it's a more selfish desire for recognition and acceptance, trying to reaffirm and showcase an identity that otherwise doesn't apply to you through someone else who genuinely possesses that identity. The rich white kid thinks he's gonna pull this off with his hip-hop clothes and his accent, the same way an Iris-American thinks he's gonna pull it off with an Irishman by sharing that his great-great-great-great-great grandparents came from Ireland =P As if some mundane 'similarity' is gonna put the two of you on the same level, despite having completely different life experiences altogether.

    • @owenzey
      @owenzey 9 років тому

      Ahhhhh be nice

  • @aimeea719
    @aimeea719 4 роки тому

    I’m from the same hometown as Liam neeson! Good old ballymena

  • @TommieDuhWeirdo
    @TommieDuhWeirdo 10 років тому

    FUCK! His voice is just so fucking awesome...

  • @pancake7183
    @pancake7183 11 років тому +2

    He is Irish, his family came from Ireland. It doesn't matter if he hasn't stepped so much as a foot in Ireland, he is Irish.

  • @jessejames6157
    @jessejames6157 2 роки тому

    BRUH I didnt know homie was Irish!!!!!!! IM Irish TOOOO this guys even more of a GOAT NOW (at least in my books)

  • @Kaunte
    @Kaunte 11 років тому +1

    When Liam Neeson says listen, everyone listens.

  • @Kango234
    @Kango234 12 років тому +1

    don't forget, he has a very particular set of skills; skills that he has acquired over a very long career. Skills that make him a nightmare for people like you.

  • @johnochiltree1170
    @johnochiltree1170 3 роки тому

    Conan grew up in my dads hometown of Brookline. Nothing but a mix of triple deckers and laced curtains haha

  • @dd4850
    @dd4850 2 роки тому

    I always think about how similar Irish people sound to my family in kentucky and I actually mean that… crazy Liam said it

  • @casper1995able
    @casper1995able 9 років тому +3

    I'm proud to be Irish Mexican American with my pastey white skin and red hair no one believes I'm half Mexican, just like Louis C.K haha..born on St Patrick's day too

  • @redfox7497
    @redfox7497 9 років тому +2

    I live in a tropical island, I have asian gen, and I burn right when the sun hits me..how 'bout that..dude..

    • @liamneeson2255
      @liamneeson2255 2 роки тому

      Hello thanks for your love and support, fans like you is the reason why we keep moving forward, have you been to any of my concert?

  • @formoftherapy
    @formoftherapy 11 років тому +1

    Okay woah, woah, WOAH. Two comments.
    1. Liam Neeson's voice is RIDICULOUS. Like, I thought that kinda Neeson-esque voice that we hear in like Taken and whatnot, was because it was a film and sound engineers just enhanced it that way. HE ACTUALLY SOUNDS LIKE THAT?! Oh god that's hella amazing.
    2. HE'S FUCKING IRISH?! I swear to God I thought he was German! Only ever seen his films and he doesn't speak with an Irish accent and always thought he was a German trying to sound American! Good lord.

  • @cleverclover7
    @cleverclover7 10 років тому

    Neeson displays his mastery as an actor.

  • @adamreynolds4870
    @adamreynolds4870 9 років тому +1

    I'm from Ballymena where he's from

  • @bmphil3400
    @bmphil3400 Рік тому

    We from Appalachia were Ulster Scots and Irish.....then moved to the frontier of America and we're cut off. So many of the Irish and scots understand Appalachian dialects pretty well......
    Southern poets like Faulkner are popular in those areas for the same reason..... Faulkner could write Appalachia slang.

    • @Joemamahahahaha821
      @Joemamahahahaha821 Рік тому

      Yep. Fascinating stuff. If you haven’t, watch the NC State video called “Appalachian English”

  • @JD1010101110
    @JD1010101110 11 років тому

    Alex Massie wrote in National Review:
    When I was a student in Dublin we scoffed at the American celebration of St. Patrick, finding something preposterous in the green beer, the search for any connection, no matter how tenuous, to Ireland, the misty sentiment of it all that seemed so at odds with the Ireland we knew and actually lived in. Who were these people dressed as Leprechauns and why were they dressed that way?

  • @jamie4show
    @jamie4show 11 років тому

    hes irish, northern ireland is part of the UK, Great Briton is Englan,Wales and Scotland

  • @thestranger4812
    @thestranger4812 11 років тому +23

    I really loathe how Americans pretend to be "Irish", "Italian", "German" etc., when they were born and grew up in America. Nationality is about location, not ethnicity.

    • @Carpediem8110101
      @Carpediem8110101 10 років тому

      Same Blood, same people, the End. Assimilation into the dying wasp culture mean little now days.

    • @oxomaticman
      @oxomaticman 10 років тому +6

      I wouldn't get worked up over something so petty. Certain traits, such as red hair and fair skin, are often traced back to particular locations, and often times people here in the states merely use the names of those locals to explain why they have those traits, or carry on certain customs or habits passed down by their lineage. Life must be good where you are to LOATHE something so trivial.

    • @Jonmad17
      @Jonmad17 10 років тому +7

      In America your ancestry informs your upbringing. So an Italian American and a Hispanic American might both technically be American, but they share many handed-down cultural customs with people of their own ethnic origin. It's different in Europe, where immigrants tend to assimilate more.

    • @Carpediem8110101
      @Carpediem8110101 10 років тому

      "where immigrants tend to assimilate more" Yeah in our dreams!

    • @daresmet4920
      @daresmet4920 10 років тому +7

      He never said he is from Ireland. He said he is Irish, because he bloody well is. :P

  • @deathwalkingterror88
    @deathwalkingterror88 12 років тому

    Fucking great interview, im pissed I missed the full one.

  • @Everylad
    @Everylad 11 років тому +1

    The whole 'hyphenated American' thing began with US blacks' desire to be called 'African-American' while desiring also to refer to lighter skinned Americans as just plain ol' 'white'. Naturally, the 'whites' were offended and thus wanted to compete by singling out their past ancestors and going, "Irish-American" and "Anglo-American" and all that. As an American I actually lived in Ireland at a young age and plan to return and find it ridiculous to claim 'Irishness' but that's the reason for that

  • @celineae4518
    @celineae4518 8 років тому +1

    I happen to get sunburns even napping under the trees ;(

  • @cloudbuster77
    @cloudbuster77 6 років тому

    northern irish protestant (peoples originally from border between scotland and england) are known as scotch-irish in america and settled appalachia, hence why the accents are similar and culture (whiskey, guns, fighting, hating authority and the govt, love of independence and individualismm, similar music)

  • @teeds88
    @teeds88 10 років тому +13

    fun fact: liam neeson is one year older than pierce brosnan.
    but he looks so much younger than him ...

    • @TheTwilightAsylum
      @TheTwilightAsylum 9 років тому +1

      But they're both incredibly sexy anyway.

    • @rubadubdubb8375
      @rubadubdubb8375 9 років тому +1

      Fun Fact: Pierce Brosnan is also Irish. 😱

    • @snoopymochi562
      @snoopymochi562 9 років тому +2

      Are you kidding me..they both look hot tho

  • @MokeSumUp
    @MokeSumUp 3 роки тому

    0:48
    First time I heard Conan taking a joke from another interview.
    He made the same joke in between two ferns with Zach Galifianakis.

  • @orangutang6667
    @orangutang6667 6 років тому

    Greetings from Finland. Conan o brienfunniest man in the world.

  • @donniepinns1472
    @donniepinns1472 8 років тому

    Well not counting the pronunciation that way, but the accent alone, Liam's accent's cool. Wish I had such an accent at times.

  • @carlsong6438
    @carlsong6438 8 років тому +1

    If you close your eyes in the first 10 seconds, you can almost imagine that it's Harrison ford

  • @Ciaradexy
    @Ciaradexy 7 років тому +3

    Someone please tell Conan that he isnt an irish man.

    • @UserName0043
      @UserName0043 6 років тому +1

      He is Irish-American moron.

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 6 років тому

      Both is parents were from people from Irish descent. They inter-married, never with Americans, but with the Irish who came over in the 1840s. So he is Irish.

    • @gayvideos3808
      @gayvideos3808 4 роки тому

      His name is Conan O'Brien and he's from Boston. He's literally nothing else but irish

  • @The01t
    @The01t 5 років тому +5

    Some Irish people getting angry that Conan calls himself Irish when there own leader is a Pakistani or Indian or something. Lol.

    • @eoinwilson4228
      @eoinwilson4228 5 років тому

      Born and bred in castleknock, Dublin u spa

    • @The01t
      @The01t 5 років тому +1

      @@eoinwilson4228 Yeah he looks so Irish doesn't he. Oh and Varadkar is such a Irish name isn't it.

  • @423moore
    @423moore 11 років тому

    Yes! I'm from Ballymena, Co. Antrim!

  • @col.tommyhydra6570
    @col.tommyhydra6570 9 років тому +3

    weird, Liam's Irish accent almost sounds like scottish sometimes

    • @stefanrob5850
      @stefanrob5850 9 років тому +6

      Col. Tommy Hydra Because it's Northern Irish

    • @col.tommyhydra6570
      @col.tommyhydra6570 9 років тому

      POO POO PEE PEE ok gotcha, A friend also told me that its a scots dialect

    • @plowed4weeks
      @plowed4weeks 8 років тому +1

      +Col. Tommy Hydra I think you might be thinking of ulster scotts. It's not tho as Liam is catholic so would have been raised a lot more irish then protestants in the same area who might have learned ulster scotts. Funny 'language', it's essentially just slang

    • @JMBPro
      @JMBPro 6 років тому +2

      I'M Running Thaangs it's still a Northern Irish accent regardless of if he was raised Catholic or not.

    • @thenextshenanigantownandth4393
      @thenextshenanigantownandth4393 5 років тому

      @@col.tommyhydra6570 The accent in Northern Ireland is a mix of Irish, scottish and English and sounds abit like scottish with a smoother flatter Irish influence and the R (eer) is pronounced the same as the Irish would as opposed to scottish which roll their Rs. Btw the Scots Irish are a 19th century myth created by the know nothing movement, they never existed. Most ''scots irish'' are of Irish ancestry as opposed to planter stock, which is what they identify as today.

  • @RetroHamer
    @RetroHamer 9 років тому +1

    Second best man to come out of Ballymena after me

  • @4264127
    @4264127 2 роки тому +1

    the red heads in Ireland and Scotland are not Celtic but Nordic people mainly from Norway!!!!and also Irish people are small!!!

  • @matthewmoore4701
    @matthewmoore4701 7 років тому +6

    Does Conan know he's American??

    • @matthewmoore4701
      @matthewmoore4701 7 років тому

      tony lennon But born in America, schooled in America and living in America

    • @warready9738
      @warready9738 7 років тому

      his family have been in the us since the civil war he's american

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 7 років тому

      Conan was born in America, but both his parents were born from parents who were from Ireland. His relatives on both sides of his family inter-married, they only married Irish people who came to the US from Ireland. So yes, born in America, got an American accent, but his blood is Irish.

  • @gamerguy6179
    @gamerguy6179 3 роки тому +3

    dislikes are from whom stole neeson's daughter in taken .

  • @Camohat100
    @Camohat100 11 років тому

    The Irish and Kentucky accent being similar is probably because a ton of Irish immigrants moved to states like Kentucky, the Virginia's, and the Carolina's because (according to my grand father who's from Kentucky) the green hills reminded them of Ireland. Also explains why blue grass and Celtic music are sometimes really similar.

    • @cjfinnigan1
      @cjfinnigan1 Рік тому

      First wave of immigrants to America were ulster Scots from Northern Ireland which settled in mostly the Southern states of America, the 2nd wave of Immigrants were from Southern Ireland eg Dublin and Cork, Galway towns in Southern Ireland for example, they settled mostly in New York, Boston New Hampshire, New England, Man Hattan, long Island for example

  • @jackydefo
    @jackydefo 9 років тому +165

    all americans think they are irish.

    • @ckc1241
      @ckc1241 9 років тому +36

      No, not really.

    • @krashd
      @krashd 9 років тому +49

      ckc1241 I know, at least half think they are Italian.

    • @k9kivs
      @k9kivs 9 років тому +6

      very large percentage are though.

    • @YoVixenn
      @YoVixenn 9 років тому +15

      A lot of Irish men fought in the civil war and they have been here every since. They're Irish catholic and usually only marry in their church with other Irish people. So technically his ethnicity is Irish American

    • @Rothley131gamezz
      @Rothley131gamezz 9 років тому +5

      or that strange hybrid Scotch/Irish. I am British and my heritage is 50% English and 50% Welsh, thats two shades of pale

  • @KeyblademasterDovahkiin
    @KeyblademasterDovahkiin 9 років тому +2

    Jesus Christ, his parents aren't from Ireland, his _grandparents_ weren't from Ireland, oh, yes, my ancestor from 5674 years ago was from Vietnam, so I'm gonna refer to myself as Vietnamese. Cool? Cool.

    • @A6kilr
      @A6kilr 6 років тому

      KeybladeMaster Dovahkiin smh his both his parents have Irish parents and why would you want to identify as Vietnamese?!

    • @tomhendry4548
      @tomhendry4548 5 років тому

      Yes but if your family only married Vietnamese, kept up with the traditions of Vietnam, practiced the religion and spoke with the dialect of Vietnam and you were raised being told you're Vietnamese don't ever forget it, would you say otherwise?

    • @gayvideos3808
      @gayvideos3808 4 роки тому

      He's literally from Boston which is an irish ethnic enclave. Most people from Boston are completely objectively irish

  • @Irish780
    @Irish780 8 років тому +6

    Connor O'Brien you not Irish. how dare you

    • @ailish086
      @ailish086 7 років тому

      +The Sentient Andromeda Galaxy - Being Irish and having Irish heritage are two very different things.. Big difference between an Irish person and an Irish-American.

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 7 років тому

      Conan was born in America, but both his parents were born from parents who were from Ireland. His relatives on both sides of his family inter-married, they only married Irish people who came to the US from Ireland. So yes, born in America, got an American accent, but his blood is Irish.

    • @Irish780
      @Irish780 7 років тому +1

      John King he was over here a couple a years ago making fun off us. dare I say it the. Brits are our real friends now

    • @UserName0043
      @UserName0043 6 років тому +2

      +irish1 you sound like a special snowflake

    • @A6kilr
      @A6kilr 6 років тому

      irish1 show me where he made fun of us I want to see your proof

  • @roseandstem8054
    @roseandstem8054 9 років тому +56

    I cringe when Conan calls himself an Irishman. Conan you are American!

    • @burpie3258
      @burpie3258 8 років тому +52

      He is of Irish decent.

    • @Googaify
      @Googaify 8 років тому +22

      +Roseand Stem oh boo hoo. he respects his heritage, deal with it

    • @21_f_aus
      @21_f_aus 8 років тому +17

      He's allowed to be proud of his Irish heritage, he may be American but his ancestors were from Ireland, I gave Irish Scottish English and German and my family have lived in Australia about 5 generations and I'm proud of my heritage and I say it but most of all I'm proud to be Australian I love and respect my country's history and my ancestors fight and courage to come to this land

    • @FingerGunProductions
      @FingerGunProductions 8 років тому +19

      +Roseand Stem When cringe knowing that people like you have access to the internet.

    • @Ciaradexy
      @Ciaradexy 7 років тому +2

      Agreed. hes a Yank.

  • @lumpyspace7647
    @lumpyspace7647 9 років тому

    His northern Irish accent is fadinggg

  • @clairehillis2490
    @clairehillis2490 8 років тому +4

    He's northern Irish not Irish! It's different

    • @konczk
      @konczk 8 років тому +9

      +claire hillis technically no, both countries are in Ireland, there's just an artificial, made-up border dividing them, probably not for much longer.

    • @robyn7691
      @robyn7691 8 років тому

      +claire hillis its all the same to us awesome americans

    • @davehoward22
      @davehoward22 8 років тому

      hes got an obe

    • @ahardy524
      @ahardy524 8 років тому +5

      Both northern Irish and southern Irish are just as Irish as each other

    • @JMBPro
      @JMBPro 6 років тому

      I'm not Irish, I am Northern Irish British because I grew up and live in Belfast with British culture; and being raised in a Protestant community under these circumstances it is pretty offensive when people try to compare you to the Irish. We are different, I have a British passport and I live in Northern Ireland which is a country; I wish people would stop feeding foreign countries with lies.

  • @bruhniggabruh9045
    @bruhniggabruh9045 7 років тому +1

    Liams a wee prod

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 7 років тому

      Wrong, he was raised Roman Catholic. That is why he was named Liam and not the longer William.

  • @user-asfh2ubiv5dh
    @user-asfh2ubiv5dh 4 роки тому +1

    I forgot if you're American and your family is half Irish it means you're 100% automatically Irish even though you dont have any irish experience and you never grew up there hahaha gas

  • @SplodgeCDR
    @SplodgeCDR 11 років тому

    is the show Between too Ferns a show all the way back in the 90s cause i herd Conan tell that joke long time ago.

  • @terianka
    @terianka 8 років тому +1

    Oh I like Liam. I didn't know he's Irish.

  • @Immortal_Hunter
    @Immortal_Hunter 4 роки тому

    He looks like commander malcolm reed from star trek enterprise.

  • @charlesomeara9918
    @charlesomeara9918 11 років тому

    well mcdermott1989, i'll just mention this story. i was drinking in a pub in ballyferriter with two irish fellows and i said 'well, i'm not irish, i'm irish-american' and they said 'you're irish, same as us. where was your blood made?' that's them talking, not me

  • @Mehowqoo
    @Mehowqoo 5 років тому +1

    He’s Irish American but it’s good that he’s proud of where his family comes from. Although I understand that it can be annoying for Irish people.

    • @EvelynL.1112
      @EvelynL.1112 5 років тому

      Sad but true. A lot of people judge people by where they were born and raised instead of their DNA.

  • @grannysparks
    @grannysparks 11 років тому

    can't forget that he was the father of the lone wanderer

  • @AlexPolazzo
    @AlexPolazzo 11 років тому

    Conan reused the sunscreen joke fro Between too Ferns!

  • @TheEinharjar
    @TheEinharjar 11 років тому

    Did you know that Europe is not a single country but many different countries with many different cultures and laws? Mind blown right?

  • @TXcowgurli
    @TXcowgurli 9 років тому

    Papacito Liam!!!!!!!!! Grrrrrr

  • @markmcgladdery
    @markmcgladdery 3 роки тому

    I’m from Ballymena

  • @potentialsafetyhazard
    @potentialsafetyhazard 10 років тому

    i hear him and just think .... hey it's Aslan !

  • @JUDEPOPPGamingb23ra
    @JUDEPOPPGamingb23ra 4 роки тому

    Fun fact, I'm also from Ballymena County Antrim 😀

  • @cjfinnigan1
    @cjfinnigan1 Рік тому

    Conan is of Southern Irish Ancestory which is Dublin, not Irish ancestory which is very vague

  • @SamSphinx
    @SamSphinx 11 років тому

    Liam Neeson is notkilling anyone in this scene.

  • @snyggmikael
    @snyggmikael 10 років тому +2

    Liam Neeson, can you get anymore Alfa xD he also fits very well in a american military uniform like the one you can se him use in the movie A-team ^^ No I am not gay, I just think he is awesome haha!

  • @xxrandomchik
    @xxrandomchik 11 років тому +1

    Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman are the two people who I would love to narrate my life :)

    • @liamneeson2255
      @liamneeson2255 2 роки тому

      Hello thanks for your love and support, fans like you is the reason why we keep moving forward, have you been to any of my concert?

  • @mpforeverunlimited
    @mpforeverunlimited 6 років тому

    Anyone here from the vox Kevin Spacey video?