The cast is composed almost entirely of Brendan O'Carroll's relatives. Jennifer Gibney is Brendan's wife, Eilish O'Carroll is Brendan's sister, Fiona O'Carroll is Brendan's daughter, Danny O'Carroll is Brendan's son, Amanda Woods is Brendan's daughter-in-law, married to Danny O'Carroll, and Martin Delany is Brendan's son-in-law, married to Fiona O'Carroll.
Fiona Gibney who plays Winnie's daughter Sharon is the real life sister of Jennifer Gibney who plays Cathy.
There is ongoing confusion about the number of children Mrs Agnes Brown/Browne has/had. It really depends on which version you see/read.
In the original RTE Radio version show "Mrs Browne's Boys" (brown with an e) the fifth son is/was Simon, so far unseen in the first 3 series of the 2011 BBC/RTE TV version, had a stutter/stammer. Simon is Rory's twin. [That's 6 kids] This was a more serious radio drama version with the character Pierre/"Fluffy".
Then that radio show story was recycled into the 4 mid-1990s books, "The Mammy", "The Chiseller", "The Granny" & "Sparrow's Trap", and the spin-off "Agnes Browne" movie.
Confusingly in that movie there were 7 children - "Frankie" was an additional son. Pierre appeared in this version.
Note - The e was dropped from Browne around this period in the late 90s.
A re-boot of the radio series & books became a stage-show version series, which in turn spawned the 7 part DVD series. Simon was explained away in one of the 7 edition Straight to DVD Series as working nights in a hospital. Frankie has not been included in this version. Known on IMDb as "Mrs Brown's Boys: The Original Series".
That version was then re-booted again into the BBC/RTE/Bocpix version.
So, what happened to Simon, depends on which version of Mrs B's Boys you watch/read...
In order of versions: The original RTE Radio Show, the 4 novel books, "Agnes Browne" (Angelica Huston film), the stage shows, the Straight to DVD series, the BBC/RTE TV Series, D'Movie.
In the original RTE Radio version show "Mrs Browne's Boys" (brown with an e) the fifth son is/was Simon, so far unseen in the first 3 series of the 2011 BBC/RTE TV version, had a stutter/stammer. Simon is Rory's twin. [That's 6 kids] This was a more serious radio drama version with the character Pierre/"Fluffy".
Then that radio show story was recycled into the 4 mid-1990s books, "The Mammy", "The Chiseller", "The Granny" & "Sparrow's Trap", and the spin-off "Agnes Browne" movie.
Confusingly in that movie there were 7 children - "Frankie" was an additional son. Pierre appeared in this version.
Note - The e was dropped from Browne around this period in the late 90s.
A re-boot of the radio series & books became a stage-show version series, which in turn spawned the 7 part DVD series. Simon was explained away in one of the 7 edition Straight to DVD Series as working nights in a hospital. Frankie has not been included in this version. Known on IMDb as "Mrs Brown's Boys: The Original Series".
That version was then re-booted again into the BBC/RTE/Bocpix version.
So, what happened to Simon, depends on which version of Mrs B's Boys you watch/read...
In order of versions: The original RTE Radio Show, the 4 novel books, "Agnes Browne" (Angelica Huston film), the stage shows, the Straight to DVD series, the BBC/RTE TV Series, D'Movie.
Buster's jackets and hats still have store security tags attached, implying that he stole them
Sorcha Cusack appeared in the first series as Hilary Nicholson, but left the role and was replaced by Susie Blake from series two on. In Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie (2014), Cusack appears as Justice Dickie.