A row has broken out between two remote Irish islands over an inaugural Father Ted festival next month.
Inis Mor, the largest of the three Aran Islands off County Galway, is planning a three-day “Friends of Ted” event.
They want to mark the ninth anniversary of the death of comic Dermot Morgan, the star of the Channel 4 series.
However, Inis Oirr, the smallest of the islands, believes it has a bigger claim over Father Ted because local scenes, including the Plassey shipwreck, are shown in the opening scenes of the hit comedy.
And how are they going to solve this row? With a 5-a-side football tournament!
“We thought they could play each other and the winner could be Craggy Island for 12 months while the runner-up could be Rugged Island, and they could play again next year on a home and away basis,” he says.
Father Ted is one of my favourite comedy shows. No matter how many times it is repeated (and it’s repeated a lot), I never get tired of it.
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