Eilish O'Carroll

Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas special review

I tried to like it but it's still worse than cranberry sauce and Whamageddon.

Eilish O'Carroll interview

Best known for her role in her brother's smash-hit comedy Mrs Brown's Boys, Eilish O'Carroll is also the star of her own solo show. Jenny Lee chats to the Dubliner about the autobiographical comedy that reflects on her life, which included a strict Catholic upbringing, two failed marriages, motherhood and coming out as a lesbian at age 50.

Radio Times review

Agnes Brown cleaned up last year - not her potty mouth, of course, but in the Christmas Day ratings battle, confounding her detractors and reeling in 9.2 million viewers as the night's most watched show.

In the first of two jaunty festive editions, Mammy is singed by her Christmas tree, believes Rory is having a sex change, and gets a huge laugh from her misuse - in front of two priests - of what is best described on this page as a marital aid. As ever the most satisfying moments come when the cast break the "fourth wall", leaving in a fluffed line from Eilish O'Carroll (Winnie) and teasing Jennifer Gibney (Cathy) about her early exit from Strictly.

Interview: Eilish O'Carroll (Link expired)

Eilish O'Carroll, star of Mrs Brown's Boys, found her prejudices challenged when she came out as a lesbian. She talks to Mark Fisher about her new show Live Love Laugh, a comic look back at her life.

Eilish O'Carroll's 10 Edinburgh questions

Something of a surprise package at this year's Fringe is Eilish O'Carroll, aka Winnie McGoogan from Mrs Brown's Boys ...

Eilish O'Carroll: I love touring with Mrs Brown

Mrs Brown's Boys' Winnie McGoogan is the perfect stooge for the caustic Agnes Brown, a lady who can take the put-downs in her stride. And the actor who plays Winnie, Eilish O'Carroll, is certainly smart enough to get the nuance of the TV clown just right.

Brendan O'Carroll's offbeat Irish sitcom continues. In this episode, Agnes (O'Carroll) and Winnie (Eilish O'Carroll) are disappointed not to be invited to Maria Nicholson's (Fiona O'Carroll) hen party, but decide to crash it anyway. A hit in Ireland but, so far, its hard to understand why.