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He may have died in July, but Irish comedy legend Brendan Grace has one last performance for fans in new Irish movie airing on RTE entitled Tradition.

The late entertainer, plays a priest in new Irish comedy Tradition, about a GAA referee who goes missing after making a controversial decision.

Brendan’s widow Eileen was one of the guests at the Lighthouse Cinema this week when the off-beat comedy got it's premier.

Director of the film Damian O’Callaghan told The Irish Sun, “We were honoured to have Eileen with us for our big night because Brendan was with us all the way through this project.”

The Kerry native revealed that Brendan was wishing the crew luck on the movie when he visited him during his final week at the Galway Clinic.

He said, “It was a private visit as a friend. I feel fortunate to have known and worked with such a naturally gifted entertainer who was also a superb actor.

“I was on my way to the Galway Film Fleadh so Brendan dying later that week made it very emotional.”

The comedy icon will have fans laughing one last time in his last role as a priest called to the provide a character reference for a referee.

Damian said of the star, who played Fr Fintan Stack in Father Ted, “It was a joy putting Brendan into the dock of a real court in Killarney. He stole the show talking to the judge.

“He had crew and everybody present in stitches. We had no doubt we were seeing a genius at work.”

RTE GAA pundits Marty Morrissey and Micheal O Muircheartaigh also make cameos in the comedy about a GAA ref who ends up in court after its found he had a bet on the outcome of a match he made a very controversial decision in.

Damian, who co-wrote the script with Claire Corrigan, said “Everybody has problems with referees. Just look at what happened to Joe Brolly over his comments he made about the referee in the All-Ireland final between Dublin and Kerry.

“I imagined a similar situation but where the referee ends up in court and, to make matters worse, the judge is retiring and finds himself presiding over the most controversial case his court, and his town, has ever seen.”

Saoirse Ronan’s dad Paul Ronan, Pascal Scott and Brian Harty also star in the film that was Named Best Film at this years Wexford Film Festival.

Tradition is expected to be screened by RTE this year and will later feature as an Aer Lingus in flight movie and has also secured a US company for worldwide distribution.

Tradition had its Irish premiere as the gala opening movie at the 2018 Kerry Film Festival and its USA premiere at the Chicago Irish Film Festival in February of this year.