Agnes brings Hollywood to her hometown

She may be squat, wrinkled, and foul-mouthed but Agnes Brown could have outshone any Hollywood leading lady when she brought movie magic to Dublin’s Moore St yesterday.

The mouthy matriarch, the stage and onscreen persona of Brendan O’Carroll, set up in the historic market street to shoot scenes from her first movie. Crowds instantly clamoured for a mere touch of the hem of her frumpy florals.

Passers-by snapped pictures, babies were handed over to be kissed, and fans called frantically past the security cordon, almost fainting when their efforts were rewarded with a swiftly barked ‘howya’.