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Matthew McConaughey learned how to say his famous 'alright, alright, alright' as Gaeilge

Ceart go leor.

Jan 24th 2017, 7:36 AM 9,062 Views 0 Comments

MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY IS hard at work promoting his new movie Gold.

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The actor appeared on Today FM’s Dermot and Dave show yesterday morning to chat about the film, and his love for Ireland.

The only problem was, he couldn’t physically be in the studio, so a blow up doll had to be a substitute

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He spoke about his mam’s exceptionally Irish name, Kay McCabe, and how he was called a ‘bloody yank’ in Dublin for thinking Whiskey in the Jar was a Metallica song.

He even shared his favourite Irishism he heard in the pubs:

Hey you there, you with the hair on.

But the icing on the cake was when he said his famous alright, alright, alright phrase as Gaeilge.

Ceart go leor, ceart go leor, ceart go leor.

Music to our ears. Check out the full clip here:

The one and only Matthew @McConaughey was on with #DermotAndDave this morning speaking Irish and being a total legend pic.twitter.com/5cpwSrGXmZ
— Today FM (@todayfm) 23 January 2017

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Matthew McConaughey learned how to say his famous 'alright, alright, alright' as Gaeilge

Ceart go leor.

The only problem was, he couldn’t physically be in the studio, so a blow up doll had to be a substitute

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Here’s why people are raging at Taylor Swift for not walking in the Women’s March>