Leave It to Mrs O'Brien is an Irish television sitcom that aired on RTÉ 2 for two series from 1984 to 1986.
[1] Set in a local parochial house in the Liberties area of inner-city Dublin, the show's main character, Mrs O'Brien, is the housekeeper to two Roman Catholic priests.
Her main adversary is Sister Gertrude, an archetypal authoritarian dragon, and in the middle are the two priests of the house.
Both series consistently topped the channel's ratings with an audience of over 250,000 per episode; however, it had a less favourable response from the critics.
The network's defense that the series was meant to appeal to undiscriminating viewers, particularly children and the elderly, only invited further criticism.