Give them a feckin great time with the hilarious and remarkably honest autobiography from the star of Mrs Browns Boys Brendan OCarrollA story of humour born of pain success wrung from adversity and of the steely ambition beneath the affable exterior Sunday Life What What is it Youre colourblind. Nothing Nothing I was aghast. But that could be dangerous. I mean when I start to drive how will I be able to tell traffic lights Ill give you a hint son the red one is on the forking top. Before he became the nations favourite Mammy Brendan OCarroll was known simply as Brendan. The youngest of ten children from a poor family in Dublin Brendan left school at the mere age of 12 to begin what would become a long and varied working life. He would go on to be a waiter a publican a window cleaner and a publisher amongst other jobs. Throughout the tough moments Brendan always had humour and a good story to tell alongside the everguiding inspiration of his own Mammy a formidable figure who became Irelands first female Labour MP. His hope and determination meant he never gave up and eventually a chance opportunity to perform standup would pave the way for the TV show that would become Mrs. Browns Boys. In his own unique voice Brendan OCarroll strings together the threads of his life a helterskelter story tracing the helterskelter journey of a scrawny kid from Finglas Dublin to TV screens around the world told with warmth humour a touch of mischievousness and more than a few coincidences.