Dancing with the Stars: Rory Cowan first to go home as Jason Smyth delivers season highlight

After three weeks in the competition, the Fair City and Mrs Browns Boys actor was forced to say goodbye

Actor Rory Cowan was the first celebrity to be eliminated this season. Picture: Kyran O’Brien /kobpix

It was a great night for many with lots of 24s on the leaderboard — but not for Rory Cowan, who became the first celebrity to head home on this season's Dancing with the Stars.

After three weeks in the competition, the Fair City and Mrs Browns Boys actor is hanging up his dancing shoes, having fallen at the first hurdle.