O’Carroll’s Mrs Brown owes life to two monumental twists of fate

Two incredible twists of fate during key moments in Irish history are responsible for TV and stage sensation Mrs Brown’s Boys.

Brendan O’Carroll, the hit show’s creator, wouldn’t be here today had near-death experiences involving the War of Independence and the Titanic gone differently, according to a new biography on the Dublin funnyman.

The Man Who Is Mrs Brown pinpoints the darkest moment in the O’Carroll family history to 1920, at the height of the War Of Independence, when Brendan’s Republican grandfather, Peter, was shot dead on a Dublin street by the Black and Tans.