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01st Jan 2017

The O’Donovan brothers were the life and soul of last nights Graham Norton show

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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…

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…

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