The greatest comedy of all time really had some amazing supporting characters…
A few days ago, JOE brought you our 10 step guide to winning the lovely girls competition and we had so much fun writing it largely because we forgot about some of the amazing minor characters that were in Fr Ted.
We all love the four residents of the Craggy Island parochial house but the characters around them are just superb. That’s why we are going to celebrate some of those small characters that didn’t feature massively in the show but still made us laugh out loud.
FYI, we don’t consider Fathers Purcell, Stack, Damo, Stone etc as small because they had entire episodes revolve around them, plus we already wrote an article on those lads.
We’re thinking more about those lads who probably had less than five mins on screen but were instantly memorable…
Fr Liam Deliverance
The man with the greatest name in history definitely isn’t a fan of cowboy builders nor does he enjoy shoddy, shoddy workmanship. We have so much love for him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MmrkaqwUfg
Clip via – Toirdhealbhach Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh
Mrs Carberry
She is definitely the social and cultural barometer of Craggy Island but is no fan of the Greeks it seems. At least her daughter got that job. So there’s that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDg07hd0BhQ
Clip via – mattmcnerlin
Fr Liam Finnegan
The dancing priest who believed that there was more than one way to praise god, shame he got mugged once every fifteen miles whilst doing so.
Clip via – Scarface92511
Jim and the old ladies at the cinema
Never has a conversation about ‘the type of nudie film’, transvestitism and round ‘lads’ been so cringe-inducingly funny.
Clip via – Channel 4
Banjo playing skin head
The greatest cut away in the history of TV reveals a skin-headed banjo player that gives the most ominous look ever. Does anyone know why there is an old man dancing to the banjo in the background? Just go with it we say.
Clip via – squire maguire
Fr Stone’s Dad
Never has a parent been so crushingly disappointed with their own son than Fr Stone’s dad. We sort of love the fact that he nipped off for a pint rather than spent a second more in the hospital with his son who was hilariously struck by lightning.
This passage always cracks us up.
“Ah Jaysis, isn’t it terrible Father, terrible it is. I tell ya terrible.. terrible’s too small a word for it…Lord forgive me for saying this Father, but wouldn’t it eh bin better if he’d eh bin killed?
“What must you think of him? And what must you think of us, his parents, for bringing him into the world!?”
Brilliant.
Fr Billy O’Dwyer
Gambler, degenerate, DJ…priest.
Clip via – Scarface92511
Fr Bigley
Despite never actually making an appearance in the show we know all of the following;
He was mistakenly considered dead, sent guns to Iraq, wears perfume and he has facial blotches and “big puffy fish lips bigger than the rest of his face“ due to an episode with an exploding kettle.
That’s not all, he is an avid Dana fan which has resulted in him now living in a home following some suspicious fires and he also performed OJ Simpson’s wedding.
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