Bobby Brooks, a longtime fill-in on the Irish Hit Parade, is now thrilled to join as a permanent host. A Braintree resident and lifelong Massachusetts native, he and his wife Mary have five children and three grandchildren — with another on the way. His deep Irish roots trace to Co. Cork, Kerry, and Limerick, and his love for Irish music began in the late ’80s listening to Paul Sullivan. Bobby proudly says, “Irish music is what feeling sounds like.”