I wanted to thank you all for your beautiful comments in honor of my dad. I’ve watched this video so many times since his recent passing and it just doesn’t feel real. I’m grateful for treasures like these and for you, his loyal fans, who have carried us thru a very difficult couple of weeks with your outpouring support. I don’t know myself how I managed to do Liveline the day he passed suffice it to say I know he’d have wanted me to. He never closed the doors on his fans and this was no exception. On behalf of my entire family, thank you for your support 💙🙏
Sorry about you Dad Melanie, I remmeber watching Two Sides Of Grace when RTE first showed it in the 80's, with my Mum and Dad, the tears were running down our faces with laughter and taking a pain in the side, we laughed that much.That was the day I recorded it onto a video and we watched it every so often untill it was near played out, my niece named her dog Molly after one of the songs Irish Molly, he was a great entertainer, an original no bad language, a true gentleman, you can see from the comments what he meant to other people too, I know it will be hard for you's, my parents passed away this decade, it never goes away, but it might ease a bit, take care, my condolence to the Family circle
Great singer and lovely tribute to you Melanie, what a beautiful thing to be able to look back on. I just wanted to say that your Dad may not be here anymore but his legacy is still reaching people, I was playing his sketches to my mother who is unfortunately in the Hospice in the Curragh at the moment and it cheered her up a lot I have to say. I used to play them also for my father in law who died 2 years ago in the same Hospice, he was a big Brendan Grace fan and it used to give him a real boost watching those old clips. RIP Brendan, your memory and comedy legacy lives on. Peace & Love from Kildare
I met your Beautiful dad, a long time ago, In galway, he was absolutely amazing and everytime I saw him on the telly, I would love to tell everyone, I met Brendan Grace, and then I heard my uncle met him, and my great granny's surname was Grace, and they had a connection ❤💙♥💖
Thank you for your lovely comments everyone. I'm Melanie, the little girl on the stool! I remember this night so vividly. I didn't understand the lyrics but I remember feeling sad probably because like someone mentioned in the comments he sang it with such emotion & I just felt happy I could be on stage with my him! It's a memory I'll treasure forever. Happy to say I still enjoy collaborating with my father to this day but my own sons steal the limelight with him these day! Many thanks & my dad is forever grateful to his loyal fans xxx
I have meet Brendan your dad Eileen and Amanda on a few occasions in the past few years and not forgetting Terry my neighbour Amanda partner,all lovely people
Dear Melanie Sorry I forgot to thank you for the nice CD of your dad you sent me thank you so much for it , I see you still have your maiden name , my sisters live in Dublin , they kept theirs as well , I see your dad still going strong bless him my English friends say he is very funny and talented man as do i bless you Patrick .
Hi Melanie, i have this beautiful song of you and your dad still on a video tape from christmas 1985. It was part of a christmas special your dad made with some excellent comedy sketches included. Hard to believe it is over 31 years ago, but though we all inevitably succumb to old mother time , we however can revisit our youth through music and memories and that part of our being remains ageless. Johnny Mcevoy a fellow Offaly man wrote this song, so beautiful yet so sad. But much beauty rose from the ashes of sadness. Thanks for this beautiful memory, best wishes Seán!
+elizajohn5 thanks so much for that Sean! It's a treasured memory indeed. Hasn't time just flown by? And thanks for confirming the year! I was 7 years old and 32 years later, I remember it like yesterday.
Your late dad was a singer and made his fans very happy he did huge amount of charity work through out his own bad health and your own family helped him out which he enjoyed every moment of it more so he loved each one of ye special to your mom his own wife
There are comedians/entertainers and then there is Brendan Grace... an Irish Icon .... Rest in Peace Brendan and thanks for the many wonderful memories.
Just came across this and listened either tears in my eyes what a funny loving caring talented man, have played it over and over again with tears in my eyes as I lost my dad too. Miss him every day. Rip Brendan and my heartfelt wishes to your family.
Its a beautiful clip Melinie and a lovely song. Thanks for your comment. Your dad is a wonderful man and Irish performer. So sad he passed on. Big loss to Ireland 🇮🇪 Rest in peace Brendan.
I met your dad at a bar he was performing at in the 80s we were naval service personnel he was so nice and very friendly god bless him sadly gone too soon may he rest in peace.beautiful video.
Hi all I will never forget the first time I went for a walk with Brendan when he used to come to Scarriff in the South West of Ireland and he Big black van was backed into to get all the Gear set up for the performance that night and I was there and I went for a walk with Brendan down through the big Hotel car park and I just couldn't believe this the first time this happened and I collected all his cassettes he had brought out and I have these memories when I was young child and this happened everytime Brendan came to Scarriff and I was just still can't get over his passing and what he done for my Mother when my Dad passed away in 2007 but I wasn't there then because of my illness and if he had known then of the same connection's Thanks for everything Brendan I know you are still with us in Mind, Heart, and Soul I am not able to tell anyone about this situation it's too hard to take this thanks Brendan for your help and time going back and giving me these Beautiful Memories of our past lives I won't even think I will see my 50th Birthday
I sat beside Mr. Grace on an Aer Lingus flight many years ago. We chatted briefly. I was struck with his desire just to be at home with his family. A comic genius and a great singer. RIP
This is amazing, thank you. He traveled home after every gig because he hated being away from us for any longer than he needed to be. He was as dedicated to his family as he was to his career. Sorely missed 🥹
A father’s pure love for his daughter shines thru’ like a beacon - may he RIP, very sad Melanie but what a treasure..... I never met him in person but somehow my heart is bursting for the the kind of man & father he so obviously was.
I remember as a young teenager doing the Bottler skits. To this day I still use this phrase stup, are ya stupped.. form the Grada pulling the joy riders. "Who was driving?. "None of us we were all in the back!"
Brendan you have a wonderful voice so easy to listen to, you were a very funny man but also blessed with a fantastic voice bless you, sadly miissed RIP Brendan
Aw stooooooop, every Christmas they bought me 1 of your dad's shows on dvd & well watching it became a traditional highlight of the day when we'd all sit down with a few gargles, breaking our shite laughing....heaven must be in tears now 😂😂😂 Forever loved & missed mo chara ❤️
I would've put it on for my Mum and Dad, and the tears would be running down her cheeks with laughter, the video was near played out, Brendan was the best.
Rest in peace Brendan, you used your gifts to give us a lift, thank you, what an amazing singing voice and memory you had. I returned home the day you passed to find the book of jokes you gave me in Tuam on my bed, so I feasted on them and laughed myself to sleep. Don't know how the book got there, keep up those surprises from your place of rest
Melanie I saw your Dad at the Clontarf Castle where I was a waitress at his Cabaret. Then I saw him in Baghdad where I worked then in Chicago where I live and back in the Gaeity. He was a wonderful comedian a beautiful singer and a lovely person. Yvonne Curran
Great to see Brendan , great guy we were friends for years from the very early days when we were young fella's , not met up for a few years as i now live in Spain. Regards as ever Brendan
Don't know if you would remember this particular occasion , But one sunday morning at mass in st Agatha's church in Milton , myself and your dad cut out of mass early , were having a big chat , a kind of a load chat in the back entrance , you came running out , we got an earful from you to stay quite , Fond memories
A genius gone! a funny man (never a crude expletive used)will be sorely missed by is loving close family,and fans worldwide,Ar Dheis De Go raibh A Anam
Brandon you legend may God find you a good bed in heaven you legend I am a member of the Travelling community and may I say this song was sung beautifully with your daughter god bless her we have enjoyed many years of your good laughter and singing so sad that it has come to the end but it's about time upstairs gets a bit of laughter as well god bless you and your family all the best
I have always loved this song, and Brendan's version of it. He has such a lovely voice, and I was able to find a couple of LP's and CD's with him singing. The LP that has this song on it, if I remember correctly has a photo from this video with Brendan and Melanie on the cover. Have seen Brendan many times from Wexford to San Diego and love the show every time!
I remember I was in Ireland for a holiday I was down on the Cliffs there was a gift shop there I bought a cassette called Grace Before and After, I decided to visit my Mam in Dublin and played the tape, hilarious the best skit was the Irish Astronauts I nearly run off the road near the Curragh, Great memory,. I couldn't spell the Cliffs of ?
I'm German, but I spend some time in Ireland and I fortuntly got Tickets for that Concert, I'll always remenber it, It was realy great, Thank you for uploading the Songs, because the Tape I buyed was broken.
my god brendan you can sing great you were about as well when i at school and so indeed was johnny mc avoy in 1966 it was not many singers about way back then .
I will always remember the first time I heard Brendan .the 'one about the Chinese Rest.an takeaway.My friends an I laughed so much.Awhle ago I watchrd the video again .sn decoded to Google" him .an the I read the very very sad news.He was a lovely man( I knew this even though I never had the good luck to meet him) He was never crude yet he was so funny ,I loved to hear him sing .Bet you are still entertaining them "above" !! RIP.Brendan.You are being missed.
Hello Just wondering what The situation is about the songs from amazing Brendan grace from the 1980s are you able to find them for me. Best Wishes Brett
Brendan Grace was a great singer besides a great comedian. A great son, husband, father and friend. And he’s rocking that Star of David ✡️ . He must have had a Jewish friend. RIP.
