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24th Oct 2014

Video: Two priests face each other in an epic Father Ted-style tap dance battle

Father Liam Finnegan would be proud of these moves...

Joe Harrington

Father Liam Finnegan would be proud of these moves…

It’s been well documented that the number of people going to mass on a Saturday night and Sunday morning has dropped significantly over the last 15 years but we may have found a solution to get arses back on benches.

Father David Rider and Father John Gibson are two American priests and they may be the most entertaining clergymen we’ve ever seen. Remember the Father Ted espisode with the dancing priest Father Liam Finnegan? This Gif will jog your memory…

Fr Ted 1

So the two guys from America are kind of like Liam and Ted but they’re a lot better, which is hard to believe, we know. To be honest, the are so good at tap dancing, they look like they could hold their own hanging out with Michael Flately or Riverdance.

We love the battle element to this, one dances and sticks it to the other, it’s so great. Check it out…

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