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Sarah Barrett

Inside Mrs Brown's Boys star Brendan O'Carroll's personal life - Covid worries, 'net worth' and love life

Irish comedian Brendan O’Carroll is best known for portraying foul-mouthed Agnes Brown on stage and in the BBC and RTÉ television show Mrs Brown's Boys.

Brendan’s wife Jennifer, sister, son and daughter are all involved in the production of the popular show.

Brendan has an impressive estimated net worth which was last calculated back in 2013 and was around €11 million (£9 million), which could be way more in 2021.

The Mrs Browns Boys franchise is a high earner that has catapulted O’Carroll to fame and wealth.

The comedy man resides in Davenport, Florida.

In 2017, it was reported Mrs Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O’Carroll and his family had snapped up seven homes worth €4million in the sunshine state of Florida.

At the beginning of the pandemic, the comedian found himself nervous about catching Covid as he has an underlying heart condition.

“I had a stent put in my heart over a year ago and was terrified I would pick up the virus," he told the Irish Mirror. “We live on a golf course here in America and honestly if you didn’t watch the news, you’d never know there was a pandemic and over 300,000 people have died”, he said.

Mrs Brown's Boys fans weren't happy with the Halloween special (BBC/BBC Studios/Alan Peebles)

Brendan O'Carroll is happily married to co-star in the show Jennifer Gibney and has been since 2005.

The couple celebrated 15 years of marriage together earlier this year but they have always kept their big day in 2006 under wraps.

He was previously married to Doreen Dowdall in the late 90s for two years, and previously as a waiter and a milkman having left school at 12.

The Irish star is a recipient of the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Irish television.

In 1999, a movie based on his book The Mammy called Agnes Browne was released. The success led O'Carroll to establish his own family theatre company.

His wealth has been generated from touring, sell-out shows across Ireland and the UK, stage work, TV Specials, and business choices.

The hit show was shaken after actors Gary Hollywood and Damien McKiernan, who play boyfriends Dino and Rory, reportedly complained about their wages, after they discovered they were being paid less than cast-mates.

Brendan previously told Dublin Live in an interview: 'Some people claimed Gary left because of a row over money but it wasn’t true. They didn’t know the full story and it was amicable."

O'Carroll came into the public eye after appearing on The Late Late Show as a comedic guest at the start of his entertainment career.

Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie was released in 2014 and held the number one in the box office for two weeks.

O'Carroll came into the public eye after appearing on The Late Late Show as a comedic guest.

Finglas man Brendan O’Carroll stunned RTE Late Late Show viewers last week as he gave a heartfelt interview encouraging people to donate to St Vincent de Paul and donated €500k to the charity.

The comedian and actor won over fans and critics of the show as he told of his childhood struggles.

His mother Maureen raised him and his ten siblings after their father passed away when was just six.

He said: “You feel compelled to give back, you know, it's kind of like when you’ve been that soldier."

He added: “Today when we were opening up the pop-up shop… we were in doing the launch of the pop-up shop, and we were signing bags, and a couple of people from St Vincent de Paul came and said ‘you don't know how much this means to people.

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