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05th May 2016

VIDEO: Mayo priest recreates famous Father Ted scene to promote Pieta House charity race

Conor Heneghan

Up with this sort of thing.

Chances are you’ve heard of Mayo priest Father John Kenny before.

A star of the recent Operation Transformation series on RTE for helping his parishioners to get into shape, he’s been known to take selfies featuring a famous face or two and judging by his Twitter account, he’s fit as a fiddle too.

With that in mind, John is promoting an event to help raise funds for Pieta House, the suicide and self harm crisis centre, later this month.

With a little help from some talented friends, he recreated a famous scene from Father Ted to help him do so.

The acting from all parties here, including John, is very impressive; a great bunch of lads (and ladies) indeed.

Pedal, Paddle, Pilgrimage and Party for Pieta House takes place on May 21; for more information, check out the event Facebook page.

Darkness into Light 2016, the flagship event for Pieta House, takes place in a number of locations across Ireland this weekend. For more information, click here

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