Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine?

Carson lived for many years in Balbriggan in north County Dublin and served two terms as mayor of the town. Annes Old Links Golf Club where he often entertained particularly at the Gents Dinner for Captain Frank Gerraghty


Health problems
After a routine hernia operation left Carson who had a heart pacemaker seriously ill he underwent a knee replacement operation in July 2009. He began making acting appearances on television as well as in two cinema films in the 1990s.

[citation needed]. Hugh Francis "Frank" Carson KSG (6 November 1926 – 22 February 2012) was a Northern Irish comedian and actor best known on television in series such as The Comedians and Tiswas.