Bridget Brennan was the mother of Don and Maureen Brennan. In May 1988, two weeks before Don and Ivy Tilsley's wedding, Bridget paid a visit to 5 Coronation Street to meet Ivy for the first time. Though Don tried to allay Ivy's anxieties about the "inspection", he let slip to Gail Tilsley that Bridget was getting on a bit and had her off days, which Vera Duckworth overheard and passed on to Ivy. When Bridget arrived in the Street along with Don's daughter Margaret Bell, she was already complaining about Don driving too fast and needed help into the house on account of her bad leg. On meeting Ivy, Bridget remained cranky and bombarded her future daughter-in-law with questions, while maintaining a veneer of politeness. After probing the essential information out of Ivy, including the details