Irish Daily Star

Oisin enjoys a proper Hoolie..

- ■■Stephen MAGUIRE

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A YOUNG boy was given the surprise of his life after one of his television heroes sent him a personal message.

Oisin Roberts Browne (16) is a superfan of the hit children’s show Balamory.

His uncle Eric Roberts wanted to give the sixteen year old, who has autism and cerebral palsy, a toy from the BBC show.

But despite a massive trawl of shops and online, Eric simply couldn’t find one.

But Eric went even further and managed to her a personal message from the show’s main character Miss Hoolie played by actress Julie Wilson Nimmo from the make-believe Scottish village which achieved cult status between 2002 and 2005.

Now the video of Eric showing Oisin the message from Miss Hoolie has gone viral.

Mission

Eric explained that his nephew from Donegal was Miss Hoolie’s biggest fan and she kindly obliged in sending a personal message to Oisin.

Eric shared a video detailing his mission and later showing Oisin’s reaction on TikTok and it has gone viral.

Eric said: “My nephew has cerebral palsy and he is absolutely obsessed with a show called Balamory,

‘what’s the story in Balamory wouldn’t you like t o know’.

“More specifical­ly he is obsessed with a character from that show called Miss Hoolie.

“Oisin really wanted a talking teddy or a talking Miss Hoolie but it doesn’t exist and believe me I’ve looked.”

The pair can be seen searching a toy show searching for a Miss Hoolie Doll with Eric saying: “We’ll be in here all day looking for Miss Hoolie I think.”

The TikTok then goes back to Eric speaking to the camera saying: “So there is this soft toy called Miss Hoolie that exists but it doesn’t talk and he likes interactiv­e toys.

“I went on a detective mission and I happened to find Miss Hoolie on Instagram.

“I messaged her and Miss Hoolie replied. I couldn’t get a talking toy Miss Hoolie but I got the real Miss Hoolie.”

Eric is then seen sitting with Oisin and says: “Guess who sent Eric a video?”

He then plays the clip with audio coming from his phone.

Actress Julie says “Hi Oisin, it’s Miss Hoolie here” sending Oisin into bursts of laughter.

The TikTok has received over 437,000 views with thousands of comments.

 ?? ?? VIRAL: Eric shows Oisin (also inset) the message from his favourite character Miss Hoolie
FAVE IN HIS EYES: Ms Hoolie
VIRAL: Eric shows Oisin (also inset) the message from his favourite character Miss Hoolie FAVE IN HIS EYES: Ms Hoolie
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 ?? ?? STAR: Catherine Clinch
STAR: Catherine Clinch

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