Launching its 2017 Annual Appeal, the charity said it would be 'impossible to put a figure on' what the funnyman had contributed over the years ST Vincent de Paul has praised Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll as an “outstanding and huge supporter”. Launching its 2017 Annual Appeal, the charity said it would be “impossible to put a figure on” what the funnyman had contributed over the years. Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll This Christmas alone, Brendan and wife Jenny, will contribute 2,800 Christmas dinners. SVP east regional president Liam Casey told the Irish Sun: “We have had so much help from Brendan, I wouldn’t like to put a figure on it. “His generosity is outstanding and most importantly, he has never forgotten his roots.” Brendan previously recalled how “kind uncles, Vincent and Paul” came to his home in Finglas, Dublin, to make sure his widowed mother had enough fuel and food. He said: “I would not have had a Christmas as ...