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Brendan Grace: The best bits from a life in comedy

These eight YouTube clips show Brendan Grace’s pioneering, inimitable comedy style

Brendan Grace preparing before his show in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin in 1986. Photograph: Independent News and Media/Getty Images)
Brendan Grace preparing before his show in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin in 1986. Photograph: Independent News and Media/Getty Images)
Brian Boyd
Thu Jul 11 2019 - 13:09

Comedian Brendan Grace has died aged 68. Here, Brian Boyd selects eight YouTube clips that illustrate the late comedian's pioneering and inimitable style.

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Brendan Grace at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, in 2001. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Brendan Grace at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, in 2001. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
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Brian Boyd, a contributor to The Irish Times, writes mainly about music and entertainment
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