Brendan Brennan, Railway Road, Ballinamore RIP
Brendan Brennan, one of Ballinamore’s and Leitrim’s greatest entertainers, passed away last night after a lengthy illness. Brendan was known throughout Leitrim and the surrounding counties as a comedian and actor who could entertain audiences on stage and in pubs and keep his audience in raptures. He was sought after as a DJ who would provide the music at all sorts of events, at festivals, weddings and parties of all sorts and intersperse it with his comedy acts.
Brendan was particularly famous for his performances in Scór, and his achievements on the stages of Leitrim, Connacht and All Ireland are legendary. In Nuachleas, Brendan was part of Ballinamore Seán O’Heslin’s novelty acts that dominated the county scene for many years, and he won 12 county titles and 11 Connacht titles between 1986 and 2015. But the pinnacle of his success was in winning four All Ireland Novelty Act titles in 1996, 2001. 2002 and 2009. Brendan won four county title in recitation and reached the All-Ireland finals in 2001 and 2013.
In the early days of local radio, Brendan presented his own programme on Breifne Radio for many years. Brendan Brennan also took part in stage performances with the Ballinamore Wren Boys and Cannaboe Liúdramans as well as providing the entertainment on the Sliabh an Iarainn Sunset boat tours that plied between Ballinamore and Garadice Lake and St John’s Lake for years. Brendan’s work as a haulage driver and bus driver took him all over the country and he was known in many places far beyond Leitrim and he would be engaged to do MC and entertainer over a broad area.
Brendan Brennan was born in Carrickallen, Co Cavan, but the family moved to Ballinamore when Brendan’s father took up a post as creamery manager in the local cooperative. Brendan was then a teenager.
Brendan’s wit and humour will be greatly missed in Ballinamore and Leitrim. His enthusiasm to perform and take part in any piece of stage fun and frolics was boundless and he was always available to help out with community events in any way he could.
We would like to extend sympathy to Brendan’s wife, Vera, daughters Una, Sharon and Laura and sons Colm and Gavin, and relatives and friends. Details of funeral arrangements will be available on Rip.ie
Dia go deo leat a Bhreandáin, beidh cuimhne go deo againn ar na hoícheanta a bhaineamar sult as do chuid ghrinn ar stáitse.
www.leitrimgaa.ie/2025/05/the-late-brendan-brennan-rip/
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