Mrs Brown's Boys has beaten off stiff competition to be named Best British sitcom of the 21st century.
The show, starring creator Brendan O'Carroll as the foul-mouthed Moore Street trader Agnes Brown, attracts millions of viewers in Britain and has spawned a successful big screen outing, Mrs Brown D'Movie.
The sitcom topped a poll run by the Radio Times and O'Carroll described the result as "breathtaking" adding that he was "Lost for words... and that doesn't happen to me very often".
The comedian, whose wife Jennifer Gibney also stars in the sitcom, said they were overjoyed at the news.
"Myself and Jenny are dancing around the living room. I can die happy now... but I'll take my time..."
Mrs Brown's Boys is one of the most watched shows on RTÉ. A live episode last month, which was screened by both RTÉ and the BBC attracted huge audiences but the sit-com has struggled to win over critics.
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O'Carroll however has dismissed their criticism saying that the win "vindicates the fans' belief in the show. They have kept us on the air - it certainly wasn't the reviewers."
He told Radio Times magazine, which carried out the poll of 14,000 readers, that much of today's comedy output had left behind many viewers.
"There is an audience out there that comedy forgot - that Are You Being Served? audience has been left behind. Us winning this award proves that."
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The Office, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, is second in the poll, while Peter Kay's Car Share, the comic's TV comeback last year, is third, while the I.T Crowd written by Irishman Graham Linehan comes in a number five.
Dylan Moran's comedy about an irascible book-shop owner, Black Books, came in at number twelve on the list, while Sharon Horgan's critically acclaimed comedy Catastrophe failed to make the top twenty.
1. Mrs Brown's Boys, BBC1 (started 2011)
2. The Office, BBC2 (2001)
3. Peter Kay's Car Share, BBC1 (2015)
4. Count Arthur Strong, BBC2 (2013)
5. The IT Crowd, C4 (2006)
6. The Thick Of It, BBC4 (2005)
7. Gavin & Stacey, BBC3 (2007)
8. Miranda, BBC2 (2009)
9. Raised By Wolves, C4 (2015)
10. Outnumbered, BBC1 (2007)
11. Peep Show, C4 (2003)
12. Black Books, C4 (2000)
13. Green Wing, C4 (2003)
14. The Inbetweeners, C4 (2008)
15. Bad Education, BBC3 (2012)
16. Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, C4 (2001)
17. Yonderland, Sky1 (2013)
18. Twenty Twelve/W1A, BBC2 (2011)
19. Benidorm, ITV (2007)
20. Detectorists, BBC4 (2014)
