On Ardal O’Hanlon’s birthday, here are ten of the best Father Dougal Maguire moments

Ardal O’Hanlon turns 49 today and to celebrate, we decided to revisit some of the most memorable moments from his most memorable character, Father Dougal Maguire. Happy Birthday Ardal.

Monaghan-born O’Hanlon is one of Ireland’s best known comedians and as well as starring in Father Ted, he has been involved in projects such as My Hero, the RTE series Leagues Apart, Val Falvey, TD and is a regular on the stand-up circuit. It is as Father Dougal Maguire that Ardal will best be remembered, however, and on his birthday, we decided to trawl through the archives for another look at some of his finest moments. We could have picked about 50, but below are ten of our favourite Dougal bits. Enjoy!

Spider baby

It’s got the body of a spider, but it’s actually a baby’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AB7IDw3PNI

Dougal the weather forecaster

‘God it’s lovely out' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyaODtnjSQI

Dougal puts his foot in it with Bishop Brennan

'How's the son?' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skib_O_dcUg

Ted teaches Dougal a lesson in perspective

‘These are small, but the ones out there are far away’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS12p0Zqlt0

Bishop Jordan gets a fright

‘Bishops love sci-fi’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gID6DpICZ8

Dougal meets Father Damo

'Oh God, what does he want now?' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hhWqkq2bc0

The Lovely horse music video

‘We have to lose that sax solo’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYzVMcgWhg

Speed 3

‘Two pints, eh, two pints, two pints, there you go' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uOX_hbkAMc

The beast of Craggy Island

‘They say it’s as big as four cats and it has a retractable leg so it can jump up at you better’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_xOfxY5n2U

Tribute to Jack Charlton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5lHjX9gE9s