Ardal O'Hanlon - Hello! Can I have a bath?

[@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.]

It legitimately does not matter how much time passes, I can not see Ardal O'Hanlon as anyone other than Father Dougal.

[@sodone4593]

To me he will always be George Sunday

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

Jack Mooney!

[@Elizabethloveit93]

Oh. I didn’t know that. Haha! Dougal is so cute. He never gets old to me. ❤️

[@petejones879]

It's just an expression of surprise... That cracked me up

[@type17]

'Expression of surprise' is a brilliant explanation, but FYI, the meaning of O' in Irish surnames is 'from', so he's Ardal, from the Hanlon clan. The Mac & Mc in other Irish names means 'son of'.

[@commodore665]

much like the "Vich or Vic " at the end of Slavic names , my case Marjanovic, the ic means son of .

[@TheYopogo]

And in English names, it's the same if there's an "s" on the end. It's short for "son". So, for a random example, of someone is called "John Michaels", that's originally short for "John Michael-Son".

[@jameswest4692]

Actually it originates from when the father (typical drunk) was naming the baby, as in Ardal..... O......(long pause, tries to remember surname) Hanlon

[@nigelmurphy6761]

Yep. It means the "son of.." and the female equivalent "Ni" means "the daughter of ..".

[@Corc-Duibhne]

Emm, not quite. It means grandson or descendant of. So it would be Ardal, descendant of Hanlon

[@rahatqureshi264]

Saw the series Father Ted as they were being released and many reruns after that .....humour never gets old !!

[@woodrobin]

"Why do so many Irish names have an O in front of them?" Because it's the sound that is made when a new Irish person is conceived. Seriously, though, type17 is correct.

[@rahatqureshi264]

Saw Father Ted .....it was hilarious and Father Dougal was so very funny

[@Supraisadecentcar]

Ahh doogle

[@uniquerebeljaney3639]

Are there people who are unaware of Father Ted?

[@nicosmind3]

Before episodes were released practically everyone was unaware of Father Ted

[@magyar1227]

@@nicosmind3 I didn't know about Father Ted until I saw him in Death In Paradise. I thought he was so good that I made a point of searching out Father Ted and started watching it from the beginning. Well worth it!

[@andrewt836]

@@magyar1227 t’be sure

[@TheYopogo]

I grew up in the 2000s, long after Father Ted was over, but at least in the UK it's just constantly re-run by some channel or other, and it was always so popular that references to it are part of everyday language. It's an institution. I knew about Father Ted LONG before I actually sat down and took it upon myself to watch the whole thing. Only wish I'd done it sooner.

[@restcure]

I hadn't heard of Father Ted until a couple of years after I'd made my way through My Hero ... Found IMDB "what else has he been in?", and there it was.

[@duytdl]

"o" means "of". Come on Alan, you went to QI!