In The Name Of The Ted

Pat McDonnell MON4DEC17

e’s one of Ireland’s funniest and finest comedians, and he’s about to drag himself all the way from Louth to Greystones this Friday.

The occasion is the Father Ted Night at The Whale, Pat McDonnell being joined by his good buddy, Joe Rooney, for a double-bill that the duo have pretty much honed to perfection.

Hey, when you have ’em rollin’ in the aisles in The Chuckle Bucket in Ballylickey, you just know you’re doing something right.

That fact that each of these noted Irish comedians managed a starring guest role in perhaps the greatest Irish sitcom of all time, Father Ted, gives the two friends a grand excuse to go out on the road together.

Rooney plays the young priest-without-a-cause, Father Damo, in The Old Grey Whistle Theft, whilst McDonnell was Eoin McLove – aka The Man With No Willy – in Night Of The Nearly Dead.

The fact that McDonnell has also made his presence felt, regularly, in the likes of the mighty The Savage Eye, the fairly so-so Naked Camera and, most recently, the surprisingly good Bridget & Eamon, just proves that he’s more than just a funny looking face. As we’ve said before, if John Hinde and Spike Milligan had a baby…

In the meantime, we caught up with the man himself in The Big City to talk fame, Father Ted and – gulp! – slagging off Greystones…

Now, go check out Pat’s comedy heroes right here.