Brendan Grace made Wexford woman star of his show - because she looked like his mum

A Brendan Grace superfan told how the comedy legend made her a star of his show – because she looked like his mam.

Eileen Power, 89, who saw the funnyman in Dun Laoghaire three years ago, said: “He kept saying during the show ‘You’re the image of my mother’.

“He said his mother was a Cleary from Wexford and I said, ‘I’m Wexford too!’ I was a bit embarrassed as he was talking to me so much.

Brendan with superfan Eileen Power.

“After the show he wrote on a DVD, ‘Eileen, you look so much like my mam’. I was so sorry to hear he had died.

“I was just about to send a card to hospital for him when I found out. He was a lovely person.”

Here's a look at a segment from Brendan Grace's 'It's a great laugh' show in 2011