Brendan O’Carroll spends time people watching in Dublin airport over Christmas

“To this day, my favourite place to be is the arrivals lounge at the airport."

Brendan O’Carroll spends time people watching in Dublin airport over Christmas

We love a good family reunion as much as the next, especially over Christmas, but comedian Brendan O’Carroll has taken to the next level.

The Mrs Brown’s Boys star revealed he spends the run up to Christmas sobbing as he watches families reunite in the Dublin airport, after his family has experienced the reality of emigration.

“By the time I was 10, a lot of my brothers and sisters had emigrated. In those days, most Irish women had to leave to find work,” he said.

“And that’s what happened with me – my sister Fiona, for example, went to Canada. I spent days waiting to meet them at Dublin Airport.

“To this day, my favourite place to be is the arrivals lounge at the airport.

“In fact, I still sometimes go there at Christmas time to witness the joy of people reuniting as they emerge from behind those sliding doors, arms outstretched, and embrace family or friends they’ve missed and who missed them. And yes, I cry as I watch.”

We wonder if he happened to be perched in the arrivals lounge when this amazing reunion happened.

Brendan, also told TV Times how his Christmas as a kid was saved by the St Vincent de Paul in Dublin.

“Sometimes Christmas was about getting a vest or just a tangerine. The look of disappointment on my mother’s face was worse than realising my present was just a satsuma,” he added.

“We’d have had no Christmas if it wasn’t for the St Vincent de Paul. Two of their men used to come to the house every Friday. Sometimes they paid our electricity bill, or they would pay for the coal.

“We’d get a box of chocolates on the odd occasion. My mother used to tell me they were my Uncle Vincent and Uncle Paul.

“I grew up thinking these two fellas really were my uncles. But the result is that I know how much good these charities do and how passionate they are about their work.”

H/T: Goss.ie

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