Marion Cotillard, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy and Frank Skinner were all on the couch and the still the Skibbereen brothers stole the show.

People tend to use the last day of a year to reflect on all that’s gone over the previous 12 months and while 2016 was a year to forget for many, it was one that Paul and Gary O’Donovan will remember for the rest of their lives. Olympic silver medals, a World Championship gold medal for Paul and newfound status as national treasures was good enough for starters and then they topped it off by charming millions of people on one of the biggest TV chat shows in the world. The show was pre-recorded, of course, and we had already got a glimpse of what was in store when the BBC released a teaser earlier in the week. Sensitive viewers be warned, there might be a masturbation reference or two in here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmrYlnE9GAI Clip via BBC That was just a taste, however, and millions of people got to see what so endeared them to Irish audiences throughout the Olympics in the summer. Even if many of them, including Marion Cotillard hadn’t a clue what they were saying half the time… https://twitter.com/deniseocarr/status/815334259481317376 https://twitter.com/hessooriginal/status/815334536372453377 https://twitter.com/MatthewBlackie/status/815333932594003970 https://twitter.com/AnthonyShannon2/status/815333561314267140 https://twitter.com/flyingnelly/status/815333387464540160 https://twitter.com/stuartwilks/status/815334208038174721 https://twitter.com/pjsouthall/status/815337507785207812 https://twitter.com/smithalex_03/status/815346242964389888 https://twitter.com/Jeremy_Hayes/status/815341221522669568