Brennan was raised in Balally Drive, just off Sandyford Road and close to Dundrum, Dublin.
[4] The brothers appeared together as guests on Tubridy Tonight in October 2008 and on The Saturday Night Show in January 2011.
[8][9] A further series of Francis Brennan's Grand Tour was broadcast in July and August 2016, this time taking 12 paying holidaymakers on a tour of India's Golden Triangle, followed by a third series in 2017 with a trip to Vietnam[10] Despite his high profile on television screens, he has admitted to never watching television himself.
He is a devout Roman Catholic and has a set of rosary beads given to him by Pope John Paul II.
The book, based on inspiring readers to remodel their homes, advice on cleaning, gardening, cooking, foraging and other aspects of household living.