{"id":440107,"date":"2026-05-09T09:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/440107\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T09:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:33:11","slug":"muireann-oconnell-teases-that-ireland-am-moment-as-guest-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/440107\/","title":{"rendered":"Muireann O’Connell teases THAT Ireland AM moment as guest returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Muireann O\u2019Connell has teased that the Ireland AM hosts will be discussing the most iconic moment in the show\u2019s history, when the guest behind the moment returns.<\/p>\n

Author S\u00e9amas O\u2019Reilly was just five years old when he and his 10 siblings\u2026 sadly lost their mum \u2014 with Tommy Bowe<\/a> now infamously interjecting \u201910 siblings!?\u2019 before he realised what they were discussing.<\/p>\n

Of course, the gaffe has gained international notoriety, with Tommy not being known for helping Ireland win its first 6 Nations grand slam in over six decades, or being third on the all-time try-scoring list \u2014 but rather this hilarious moment.<\/p>\n

\"TommyTommy Bowe infamously interjected about the number of siblings S\u00e9amas O\u2019Reilly had before he realised that he was set to discuss the death of his mother. Pic: Virgin Media TV<\/p>\n

With S\u00e9amas\u2019 book Did Ye Hear Mammy Died becoming a bestseller, his latest book Prestige Drama was published just earlier this week \u2014 with Ireland AM host Muireann O\u2019Connell<\/a> sharing a photo of her reading the book to her Instagram story.<\/p>\n

\u2018I haven\u2019t stopped laughing,\u2019 she wrote. \u2018Darker than death but so funny with it.\u2019<\/p>\n

She then teased that S\u00e9amas would be appearing on Ireland AM next week to discuss the book, but added: \u2018we will have to bang on about 10 siblings for a while, god bless him. Sorry S\u00e9amas!\u2019<\/p>\n

\"\"Muireann shared that she was reading S\u00e9amas\u2019 latest book, and said that while he\u2019ll be on Ireland AM to discuss the book, they will of course be chatting about the viral moment. Pic: Muireann O\u2019Connell\/Instagram<\/p>\n

While Tommy is probably waiting with bated breath to discuss the moment with the subject of the initial interview, he actually ended up recreating the meme earlier<\/a> this year when his former co-host Clare McKenna \u2014 who was introducing S\u00e9amas at the time \u2014 returned to the couch.<\/p>\n

After being asked by Tommy if it follows her around \u2018as well,\u2019 Clare responded that it does, in fact, follow her, telling her former co-host: \u2018Everywhere. Even my kids send it back to me.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s in lots of compilations, isn\u2019t it? About funny TV moments or funny Irish memes,\u2019 Clare added, before saying that her son didn\u2019t believe her when she told him just how viral it went.<\/p>\n

\"Pic:Tommy and Muireann recreated the iconic moment earlier this year, when his former Ireland AM co-host Clare McKenna returned. to Ireland AM. Pic: Virgin Media Television<\/p>\n

\u2018My son\u2019s 14, and he says: \u201cyou didn\u2019t really go viral. It only went around Ireland.\u201d And I\u2019m like: \u201cIt went global, okay!? It went really viral.\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n

While Tommy probably would argue that his only regret was never letting Clare finish the exposition around S\u00e9amas and his \u2014 say it with me \u2014 10 siblings!?, Clare admitted that the only regret she had was her choice of outfit.<\/p>\n

\u2018The g\u00fana. It\u2019s not what I wanted to be wearing to go viral,\u2019 Clare joked, before Muireann argued: \u2018it\u2019s fine!\u2019 before admitting that the wrap dress was just one of those things people didn\u2019t enjoy wearing on TV.<\/p>\n

\u2018But it was the handiest thing to put on the mic packs or whatever,\u2019 Muireann admitted. \u2018So you\u2019re like, you\u2019re everywhere with that dress.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Yeah well\u2026 it\u2019s the one that won\u2019t go away,\u2019 Clare added, before Muireann asked: \u2018you burned it, didn\u2019t you?\u2019 which Clare confirmed with a laugh. \u2018It\u2019s gone gone gone.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Muireann O\u2019Connell has teased that the Ireland AM hosts will be discussing the most iconic moment in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-440107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}