His work on Scrap Saturday was incredible. Brilliant satirist. A giant of comedy here
He wanted to stop after 3 seasons to do other things and not just be remembered for father ted and then he died immediately, securing the fact that he will always be remembered for the show.. which is the most father ted thing that could happen..
Lucky for us he’ll live forever as Father Ted.
Gona watch the Mainland episode now.
I don’t believeeeeee it!!!
Thank you for flagging this. Dermot is worth remembering and celebrating. His pre-Ted work with the likes of Mike Murphy and on Scrap Saturday were bright spots in the 80s and 90s. He kicked against the established religious and political orthodoxy at the time. A reluctant legend!
He’s not dead. He’s just resting in our thoughts…
He was so young, I didn’t realise it at the time but as I’m edging to 40 this year I realise how frightfully young Dermot was. He was a pillar of my secondary school years. Father Ted was a nice escape from everything. I think it had right about the perfect amount of seasons before they ran out of ideas.
It’s just scary how quickly time moves, I remember his passing like it was yesterday. The older we get, the quicker it just feels like it’s going.
Gone but never forgotten. Genuinely.
So there’s…. *no* way he’ll be able to play?
RIP!
The world is a bit sadder without him.
I’d say he’s probably the second best priest.
In fairness Ted, it’s all gone pretty mental. You left the party before it started to suck.
Buried in Deansgrange Cemetery. I walk through it the odd time – it’s in some shocking state.
Dermot Morgan would have been 70 today. Gone too soon. Happy birthday, Father.
Sorry for your loss, move on.
Greatest comedy of all time, I can re-watch episodes again and again and laugh each and every time.
Just resting in our memories.
Rest in Peace Dermot. All very funny, very charming and heartwarming, but at the same time, so tragic and heartbreaking. Thank you for Father Trendy and for the countless laughs you brought me with Ted.
Up there with Mr Eastwood.
A great man, doesn’t get enough credit for starting the ball rolling on skepticism and ridicule of traditional authority in Ireland and the venal political class that we had back then, not like today. Fascinating to think that none of the Leads in that show were proper “actors” except for the guy who shouted the same three words from a chair every episode. Caught the zeitgeist perfectly.
His son was my teacher in secondary school years back.
Such a pity RTE don’t show his pre Ted stuff.
I HEAR YOU’RE A RACIST NOW, FATHER!
HE DID KICK ME UP THE ARSE
He’s in heaven because he wasn’t a real priest
Atheist and they went ahead with giving him a Catholic mass anyway.
Ah look here’s a fax now….
“Sorry to hear you died”
I hear it’s your birthday today, father.
Ah he was brilliant
We went and had tea and scones in the house in Claire couple of years ago. Was great to sit outside and remember all the shite that happened in that garden. One of the only shows that I don’t mind watching for the 30th time.
Classic.
The show was grand but it was getting bad towards the end of the third season. It ended at the right time. Not to mention the racism controversy.
There is no Ted Crilly here… so funny
Everytime I’m properly sick (or recovering from an operation, like right now), Father Ted is my go to comfort item. I just finished season 3 for the umpteenth time yesterday. And I don’t even have an Irish passport.
A wicked sense of satire coupled with a sixth-sense for the weaknesses, greed and egoism of politicians made Dermot’s comedy timeless. He was also a keen observer of every strata of Irish life and this was always reflected cleverly his material. I know it almost sound like a cliche but he was a giant of Irish comedy. I’m glad people have not forgotten him.
Overexerted himself in take after take of dancing to The Theme from Shaft, then had a heart attack and upset his dinner guests.
Not quite hookers and blow, on the whole I think he’d have probably preferred to stay alive.
My mother, who was a huge fan, died 6 years ago to the day. RIP to them both.
Eugene… Father that sermon today…
Frankly it bored the arse off me..
What the hell was that about…. Jaysus 🤣🤣🤣
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His work on Scrap Saturday was incredible. Brilliant satirist. A giant of comedy here
He wanted to stop after 3 seasons to do other things and not just be remembered for father ted and then he died immediately, securing the fact that he will always be remembered for the show.. which is the most father ted thing that could happen..
Lucky for us he’ll live forever as Father Ted.
Gona watch the Mainland episode now.
I don’t believeeeeee it!!!
Thank you for flagging this. Dermot is worth remembering and celebrating. His pre-Ted work with the likes of Mike Murphy and on Scrap Saturday were bright spots in the 80s and 90s. He kicked against the established religious and political orthodoxy at the time. A reluctant legend!
He’s not dead. He’s just resting in our thoughts…
He was so young, I didn’t realise it at the time but as I’m edging to 40 this year I realise how frightfully young Dermot was. He was a pillar of my secondary school years. Father Ted was a nice escape from everything. I think it had right about the perfect amount of seasons before they ran out of ideas.
It’s just scary how quickly time moves, I remember his passing like it was yesterday. The older we get, the quicker it just feels like it’s going.
Gone but never forgotten. Genuinely.
So there’s…. *no* way he’ll be able to play?
RIP!
The world is a bit sadder without him.
I’d say he’s probably the second best priest.
In fairness Ted, it’s all gone pretty mental. You left the party before it started to suck.
Buried in Deansgrange Cemetery. I walk through it the odd time – it’s in some shocking state.
Dermot Morgan would have been 70 today. Gone too soon. Happy birthday, Father.
Sorry for your loss, move on.
Greatest comedy of all time, I can re-watch episodes again and again and laugh each and every time.
Just resting in our memories.
Rest in Peace Dermot. All very funny, very charming and heartwarming, but at the same time, so tragic and heartbreaking. Thank you for Father Trendy and for the countless laughs you brought me with Ted.
Up there with Mr Eastwood.
A great man, doesn’t get enough credit for starting the ball rolling on skepticism and ridicule of traditional authority in Ireland and the venal political class that we had back then, not like today. Fascinating to think that none of the Leads in that show were proper “actors” except for the guy who shouted the same three words from a chair every episode. Caught the zeitgeist perfectly.
His son was my teacher in secondary school years back.
Such a pity RTE don’t show his pre Ted stuff.
I HEAR YOU’RE A RACIST NOW, FATHER!
HE DID KICK ME UP THE ARSE
He’s in heaven because he wasn’t a real priest
Atheist and they went ahead with giving him a Catholic mass anyway.
Ah look here’s a fax now….
“Sorry to hear you died”
I hear it’s your birthday today, father.
Ah he was brilliant
We went and had tea and scones in the house in Claire couple of years ago. Was great to sit outside and remember all the shite that happened in that garden. One of the only shows that I don’t mind watching for the 30th time.
Classic.
The show was grand but it was getting bad towards the end of the third season. It ended at the right time. Not to mention the racism controversy.
There is no Ted Crilly here… so funny
Everytime I’m properly sick (or recovering from an operation, like right now), Father Ted is my go to comfort item. I just finished season 3 for the umpteenth time yesterday. And I don’t even have an Irish passport.
A wicked sense of satire coupled with a sixth-sense for the weaknesses, greed and egoism of politicians made Dermot’s comedy timeless. He was also a keen observer of every strata of Irish life and this was always reflected cleverly his material. I know it almost sound like a cliche but he was a giant of Irish comedy. I’m glad people have not forgotten him.
Overexerted himself in take after take of dancing to The Theme from Shaft, then had a heart attack and upset his dinner guests.
Not quite hookers and blow, on the whole I think he’d have probably preferred to stay alive.
My mother, who was a huge fan, died 6 years ago to the day. RIP to them both.
Eugene… Father that sermon today…
Frankly it bored the arse off me..
What the hell was that about…. Jaysus 🤣🤣🤣