Eilish O'Carroll

  • Actor and comedian

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Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas special review

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

Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 26th December 2022

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.

Jenny Lee, The Irish News, 10th April 2017

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.

Patrick Mulkern, Radio Times, 25th December 2014

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.

Mark Fisher, Edinburgh Festivals, 6th August 2013

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 ...

London Is Funny, 26th July 2013

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.

Scotland Herald, , 22nd July 2013

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.

Ed Cumming, The Telegraph, 14th March 2011

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