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# Brendan O'Carroll

This year
2023
‘Fasten your seatbelts’: Mrs Brown’s Boys return to BBC with first mini-series in a decade
Despite being a regular feature on Christmas schedules, the four new episodes will be the first mini-series run since 2013.
All time
'Sharp as a razor', 'no shrinking violet' and Labour's first female TD: Meet the real Mrs Brown
A documentary describing the life of Maureen O’Carroll, mother of Brendan, airs this morning.
Remember when Anjelica Huston played Mrs Brown before Brendan O'Carroll did?
Let’s have a little look back on the history of the character.
'Brendan O'Carroll never asked me why I was leaving... he said okay and that was it'
Mrs Brown’s Boys actor Rory Cowan has left the hit show after almost 20 years.
Brendan O'Carroll told a fan with the Mrs Brown's Boys cast tattooed on his back to 'get a f**king life'
Ouch.
Pamela Anderson had not one clue what was going on on Mrs Brown's chat show last night
And neither did we, TBH.
Poll: Will you tune in to Brendan O'Carroll's new chat show?
All Round to Mrs Brown’s will air tonight on RTÉ 1.
Mrs Brown is getting her very own Saturday night chat show on BBC One
All round to Mrs Brown’s.
Mrs Brown is getting her very own Saturday night chat show on BBC One
All round to Mrs Brown’s.
Brendan O'Carroll makes sure 2,800 families will have Christmas dinner
The cast and crew of Mrs Brown’s Boys have made a “very substantial” donation to the Society of St Vincent de Paul.
PHOTOS: Famous faces bring Christmas cheer to Crumlin
Over 100 children will spend Christmas Day in the hospital.
Mrs Brown's Boys voted best British sitcom of the century
The show beat off contenders such The IT Crowd and the Office.
Mrs Brown's Boys movie sequel delayed because of Brexit
The plot and outline for the film are “ready to go” said Brendan O’Carroll.
Brendan O'Carroll donates €32,000 to family of pregnant crash victim
The woman’s baby survived the crash and was born premature at 32 weeks.
Mourners that attended funeral of Polish man who died on Christmas Day praised by ambassador
Marek Skiba’s funeral was attended by hundred of mourners this week.
Brendan O'Carroll to pay for funeral of Polish man who died in Ennis on Christmas Day
The body of the 51-year-old, who was formerly homeless, has been in a morgue in Limerick since December.
Brendan O'Carroll will give 2,500 families their Christmas Day dinner
He has donated vouchers for turkey and ham to the St Vincent de Paul.
An Irish couple on their J1 were robbed... but a familiar face from home is ready to help
Their bags, containing passports and money, were taken from their hotel room.
'We all have to grow up a bit': It's Mrs Brown for Marriage Equality
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson.
Brendan O'Carroll will lead this year's St Patrick's Day parade
He looks fairly thrilled about it too.
Ms Brown's Boys wins Best Comedy at Britain's National Television Awards
That’s nice.
Complaint about Brendan O'Carroll's on-air gay marriage support rejected
BAI says having people on both sides of every debate is not an “absolute requirement”.
The Irish absolutely cleaned up at tonight's British Comedy Awards
Aisling Bea, Graham Norton, Moone Boy and Brendan O’Carroll were among the winners.
A statue of Mrs. Brown was unveiled in Dublin this morning
Yep.
No, Mrs Brown's Boys isn't a surprise hit in North Korea
Yet.
Mrs Brown's Boys had the biggest ever opening weekend for an Irish movie*
*Before inflation, anyway.
Brendan O'Carroll covers for Marian Finucane, plugs his movie, gives a businessman €30,000
O’Carroll offered the money to a businessman who had struggled to get finance.
Irish rugby star Shane Byrne on dodgy Russian accents and trying to kill Mrs Brown
If there is not a joke about the Wicklow native’s former profession as a hooker, we will be extremely disappointed.
Here are the best quotes from reviews of Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie
Bit of a d’saster.
Caroline Wozniacki isn't 'desperate' enough to use Tinder... it's the Dredge
She might have a new fella already… all the day’s durt, right here.
Adored, despised, tolerated, loved: The secret history of Mrs Brown's Boys
Brendan O’Carroll’s show is the subject of a new exhibition that aims to demonstrate there’s more to the sitcom than meets the eye.
Lots of British people just found out Mrs Brown is actually a man
Brendan O’Carroll’s appearance on the Graham Norton Show caused much distress.
There's a Romanian version of Mrs Brown's Boys called Auntie Flowers
Tanti Florica looks strikingly similar to the original Irish version.
Here's the first trailer for the Mrs Brown's Boys movie
Mrs Brown isn’t going down without a fight.
Eoghan Quigg's Eurovision effort gets a helping hand from Mrs Brown
Brendan O’Carroll is playing Quigg’s Eurosong effort, The Movie Song, before every show of Mrs Brown’s Australian tour.
Sex and the City's Mr Big presents best comedy award to Mrs Brown's Boys
Mrs Brown’s Boys has won big a the National Television Awards in London.
Brendan O'Carroll appeals to the public to help find missing woman
It’s believed Peggy was seen at the film set of Mrs Brown’s Boys the movie. Actor Brendan O’Carroll said they were filming in three locations yesterday.
Every episode of Mrs Brown's Boys perfectly summed up
A useful crash course.
Mrs Brown's Boys was the best sitcom of the year...
Also, there’s a movie on the way and maybe a fourth series.