Hollywood star John C Reilly has been spotted enjoying the rest of his Irish visit in Kerry.

Fresh from his St Patrick’s Day festival parade duties, Reilly left the capital and headed for Kerry to enjoy the remainder of his stay in Ireland.

It emerged the star was spotted enjoying a night out in The Bianconi Inn in Killorglin in Kerry.

Reilly looked in good spirits as he posed for pictures at the restaurant’s piano.

Owners of The Bianconi said: “Delighted to welcome Hollywood actor John C Reilly and his friends to The Bianconi last night! Hope he enjoyed his time in beautiful Killorglin… See you again soon John.”

It comes after the Irish America actor admitted that he got down on his knees and kissed the ground when he landed in Ireland.

Speaking on Friday night’s St Patrick’ Day Late Late Show special, the Wreck it Ralph and Stan & Ollie star, who was International Guest of Honour at this year’s Dublin parade, recalled his very first trip to Ireland when he was on a publicity tour with his Step Brothers co-star Will Ferrell.

“The first time I came here it was on a chartered plane with Will for some press event and it was a very meaningful moment,” the 56-year-old Chicago native said.

“You probably think I’m being corny, but I came down the stairs from the plane and I kissed the ground because I felt like the Pope coming over. I wanted to show what it meant to me.

“Will said, `what are you doing? It’s filthy! It’s tarmac.’ I said I don’t care, it’s Ireland.”

The fifth of six children, John’s deep grá for Ireland is all down to his proud Irish dad, who passed away several years ago. “You can’t top my dad for Irish love,” he said.

“He was the fountainhead. He told us all about the history of Ireland the struggles and all of it. Each year he’d take one of us over to visit and I didn’t get my turn with him.”

Speaking about this role as International Guest of Honour at the Dublin parade, John said, “I really embraced the part. I got out there and I thought; `parade, you’ll hear some music and see some floats’, but we started moving through the crowd and I began connecting with all these kids lining the path and they were much closer than I thought they’d be.

“I thought, `I’m making dreams come true! I like your hat!’ it was really a beautiful thing and what a great time to bring some joy into the world.

“We’ve all suffered so much over the past two years and there are a lot of people suffering now but joy is an important part of human strength. I thought it was important to come here and help bring people together.”

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