Set on the remote fictional Craggy Island off Ireland's west coast, the show starred Dermot Morgan as the eponymous Father Ted Crilly, alongside fellow priests Father Dougal McGuire ( Ardal O ' Hanlon ) and Father Jack Hackett ( Frank Kelly ).

After the completion of the shooting of series three, Dermot Morgan died of a heart attack, aged 45.

The show was also dedicated to Dermot Morgan.

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* Father Ted actor Dermot Morgan ( 1952 – 1998 ) lived in Hounslow at the time of his death

Gallagher along with Matt Morgan ( who was co-host on The Russell Brand Show ) sat in for Dermot O ' Leary's Saturday show on BBC Radio 2 on 10 September 2011.

Dermot John Morgan ( 31 March 1952 – 28 February 1998 ) was an Irish comedian, actor and previously a schoolteacher, who achieved international renown for his role as Father Ted Crilly in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted.

The ' Joker's Chair ', a memorial to actor Dermot Morgan in Merrion Square, Dublin.

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The incident was much parodied, particularly by Dermot Morgan later that year.

The performers were primarily Irish performers including: Barry Murphy, Brendan O ' Carroll, Pauline McLynn, Dermot Morgan, Kevin McAleer, Owen O ' Neill, and Kevin Gildea.

The deceased satirist Dermot Morgan, known to international audiences as Father Ted, did a much admired Eamon Dunphy impression on the satirical radio show Scrap Saturday.

* Top TV comedy actor: Dermot Morgan ( Father Ted )

In an interview, Dermot Morgan explained that, in Ireland, feck is far less offensive than fuck.

Former presenters of Radio Ireland / Today FM include Philip Boucher-Hayes, Mark Byrne, Mark Cagney, Enda Caldwell, Breffni Clack, Alison Curtis ( The Last Splash and The Alison Curtis Show featuring Mister Ed Smith ), Tom Dunne ( Pet Sounds ), Eamon Dunphy ( original presenter of The Last Word ), Bob Gallico, Tommy Greene, Anne-Marie Hourihan ( originally Eamon Dunphy's co-host ), Bill Hughes, Robbie Irwin ( weekend sports programs presenter ), Mark Kavanagh ( dance show ), Ann Marie Kelly, John Kelly, Stephen Keogh, Tracey Lee, Nails Mahoney ( briefly ), Marty Miller ( now rockin ' out on Radio Nova 100FM ) the late Dermot Morgan, Paddy Murray and Liam Mackey ( Murray and Mackey ), Ian Noctor ( newsreader who also for a period presented Dad Rock ) Ed Myers, Paul Power, Ita Ryan ( The Celtic Reel ), John Ryan ( original presenter of The Sunday Supplement ), Donal Scannell, Jon Troy ( Between The Sheets-love songs ), and Karl Tsigdinos ( The River of Soul ).

* Dermot Morgan attended school at Oatlands College and was a teacher at the Stillorgan Tech, now known as the Stillorgan College of Further Education.

In Episode 4 (" Animals ") of the British sitcom Men Behaving Badly, Series 1, Dermot ( played by Harry Enfield ) says to Gary ( played by Martin Clunes ), " There she was, just standing there, making Michelle Pfeiffer look like Neil Kinnock.

Courtier and journalist Dermot Morrah alleged that there was brief speculation as to the desirability of bypassing Albert ( and his children ) and his brother, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, in favour of their younger brother Prince George, Duke of Kent.

In November 2010, when Professor Petros Florides was inaugurated these also included Dr Tony O ’ Reilly, Dr Patrick Molloy, Dr Dermot McAleese, Dr John Scattergood and Dr David Spearman.

Bax had already had some of his poems and short stories published in Dublin and to the circle he was simply known by the pseudonym Dermot O ’ Byrne ( the name was possibly inspired by a renowned family of traditional musicians in Donegal ).

As Dermot O ’ Byrne, he was specifically noted for Seafoam and Firelight, published in London by the Orpheus Press in 1909 and numerous short stories and poems published in different media in Dublin.

It was announced on 18 September 2008 that Bailey would be leaving the series and be replaced by a series of guest captains including Jack Dee and Dermot O ' Leary.

One of Ruaidrí's first acts as King was the conquest of Leinster, which resulted in the exile of its king, Dermot MacMurrough.

Series one was the only series to feature Dermot, played by Harry Enfield, and the only series not to feature Neil Morrissey as Tony.

In January 2006, Channel 4 launched its first new breakfast show since RI: SE, called Morning Glory, which was presented by Dermot O ' Leary.

However, in May 1169 Wexford was besieged by Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and his Norman ally, Robert Fitz-Stephen.

Final programmes of the Independent Television News ( ITN ) broadcast a special report with Dermot Murnaghan entitled Into The New Year at 00: 00 GMT when the chimes of Big Ben first struck, transmissions switched from Thames ' headquarters in Euston Road in London to the London News Network playout centre on the South Bank at the end of the bulletin until transmission was switched to Carlton Television.

In October 2006, the airport was purchased from Dermot Desmond by a consortium comprising insurer AIG Financial Products Corp. and Global Infrastructure Partners ( GIP ).

McDonald was replaced as presenter for the 2010 event by X Factor host Dermot O ' Leary

Another supporter, Mr Justice Dermot Kinlen, was a High Court judge and later the first State Inspector General of Prisons and Places of Detention.

A pilot for a remake of the series was written and produced for NBC by David Shore in 2010, with Dermot Mulroney playing the title character, but was not picked up by the network due to complaints that it was not written well and the lead was miscast.

While Simon Amstell and Phill Jupitus returned for the show's 22nd series, Bailey was replaced by a series of guest captains, including comedians Bob Mortimer, Jack Dee, Frank Skinner, Stephen Fry, James Corden, Mark Watson, Russell Brand, producer Mark Ronson, and television presenters Dermot O ' Leary and Davina McCall.

In the book Why I Am Still a Catholic: Essays in Faith and Perseverance by Peter Stanford, the television presenter Dermot O ' Leary describes his upbringing as " classic plastic paddy ", where he would be " bullied in a nice way " by his own cousins in Wexford for being English " until anyone else there called me English and then they would stick up for me.

As well as winning Bronze for his acclaimed The Huey Show on BBC Radio 6 Music, Huey has appeared on Jack Osbourne's Adrenaline Junkie, a Boy-Racer show Slips, sat in for Jonathon Ross and Dermot O ' Leary on BBC Radio 2, appeared in the Soul Boy as a Dick Van Dyke accented London record shop owner, voiced a character in the Scarface: The World Is Yours video game, and most bizarrely appeared with his dog, Sugar and Liza Tarbuck on Liza & Huey's Pet Nation on primetime SKY TV.

The Chancellor is former President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, and there are five Pro-Chancellors: Dr Patrick J Molloy, and Professors Dermot McAleese, John Scattergood, David Spearman and Petros Florides.

The following morning she leaves for Venice, California, where she enters into a romantic relationship with apartment house manager J. P. ( Dermot Mulroney ).

Since 2006, she has provided relief presenting duties for BBC Radio 2, fronting specialist documentaries, sitting in for Dermot O ' Leary for three weeks in February 2006 and co-presenting, along with Danny Baker, the hastily-conceived replacement for Jonathan Ross ' Saturday morning show, in the wake of Ross ' suspension due to Sachsgate in 2008.

Dermot Ahern denied claims that he had made representations to former Minister for Justice Michael McDowell on behalf of Michael McKevitt, who has been convicted of directing terrorism.

A sports quiz show A Game Of Two Halves hosted by Trevor Welsh ran for 13 episodes in 1999 ; in 2005 they produced The Offside Show, presented by Dermot Whelan, that lasted 12 episodes.

One petrol bomb attack occurred in the home county of the then Minister for Justice, Dermot Ahern, and hours later, plans for legislation for regulation of head shops got underway.

The Council Chairman for the 2011 / 2012 council term is Councillor Dermot Curran ( SDLP ) and the Vice Chair is Councillor Liam Johnston ( Sinn Féin ).

It ran for 13 issues and later issues included interviews with Steps themselves, as well Dermot O ' Leary, Pink and other pop culture figures of the time.