Throughout the tough moments, Brendan always had humour and a good story to tell alongside the ever-guiding inspiration of his own Mammy, a formidable figure who became Ireland's first female Labour MP. He has written four films and nine comedy shows, including The Course (1995) and The Last Wedding (1999).

If you want a true to life good read that’s funny and warms your heart and makes you feel a range of emotions, this is your book! I always wondered about the background of Brendon O'Caroll, especially as I have worked in the area of Finglas where he is from , and where Mrs Brown is based. He is best known for playing Agnes Brown in Mrs Brown's Boys, which won the best sitcom BAFTA in 2012.

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. Leaving school at the mere 12 years of age, Brendan began 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. I had not known that the stage version of Mrs Brown's boys had toured the UK year's before they were a BBC Comedy programme.

Having started a long series under a pen name is was almost impossible to change horses in mid-stream. In his own unique voice, Brendan O'Carroll strings together the threads of his life, a helter-skelter story tracing the helter-skelter 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.A wonderful story with great narrative, like sitting in a room having coffee with a brilliant and humble human who has gifted us with his humor.