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Irish actor and entertainer

Rory Cowan is an Irish actor and entertainer. He is best known for portraying Rory Brown in Mrs Brown's Boys from to , and for starring in Mrs.

Brown's Boys D'Movie in Since , Cowan has played John Bosco Walsh in the RTÉ soap opera Fair City.

Early life

Rory Cowan was born in the Coombe Hospital in Dublin to Rory Cowan Sr. and Esther Cowan.^[1] His parents were trade-union activists, while his grandfather was the soldier, solicitor, and politician Peadar Cowan, who had fought in the Irish War of Independence.^[2] The Cowans lived in Dublin, Athlone and Limerick.^[3] Cowan attended St Benildus College in Stillorgan.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Cowan's mother wanted him to go into banking, but Cowan deliberately failed his math exam in order to avoid this.^[3] He then worked in a record shop owned by EMI, eventually becoming marketing manager of the holding company in Ireland.^[