'This is where it all started and I'm back': Conan O'Brien visits ancestral home in Limerick

The chat show host has traced his roots back to the village of Galbally, south-east Co Limerick

Conan O'Brien in Galbally, Co Limerick.

Former US chat show king Conan O’Brien told of his delight at visiting his ancestral home of Galbally, Co Limerick, on Wednesday.

Mr O’Brien’s successful career in the entertainment industry began in the 1980s, as a writer for the legendary NBC sketch series Saturday Night Live and the Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons in the 1990s.