Ageing with attitude: Nothing stops you but your own thinking

Best known for her role in Mrs Brown’s Boys, Eilish O’Carroll is enjoying a new lease of life in her 60s as she embraces her past heartaches and sexuality, says Margaret Jennings.

AN ONLINE search for Winnie McGoogan, best friend of Agnes in Mrs Brown’s Boys, automatically directs you to the 64-year-old actress Eilish O’Carroll.

However, with two divorces from men behind her and now in a relationship with a woman for 12 years, O’Carroll’s life couldn’t be more different than that of the dim-witted but much-loved next door neighbour, who is often the butt of jokes.