#father dougal mcguire

[do-u-know-this-autisticcharacter]

Do You Know This (non-canon) Autistic Character?

Propaganda:

- Has a child like personality to the point that he has children's related bedsheets.

- Is easily manipulated by others especially Father Ted.

- Finds talking to some people awkward and freezes up.

- Does stims such as skipping, rocking, and spinning his thumbs.

- Loves football and sometimes gets an interest that only appears in one episode, such as rollerblading.

- Often he says things that Ted specifically told him not to say, such as by asking about Bishop Brennan's son, as well as shouting to Ted to ask if the Bishop found a large number of rabbits that they are hiding in the parochial house.

- In "The Mainland", he forgets to have any breakfast and fails to realise this until he and Ted are waiting for Father Jack at the optician.

- Nearly gives a visiting bishop a heart attack when he screams in excitement after remembering the director's cut of Aliens is airing on television that night.

Mod Pixie: He's just like me fr 😅

[papasmistakeria]

Father Dougal McGuire’s sermons must’ve been insane

[spacestation-l7]

Father Dougal McGuire from Father Ted!

The silliest, most dog-coded priest in media ever (he’s autistic) :)

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1965 – Birth of comedian and actor, Ardal O’Hanlon, in Co Monaghan.

Ardal O’Hanlon was born in 1965 in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, the son of Rory O’Hanlon, a politician and doctor, and has five siblings. RTÉ’s Who do you think you are? programme on Monday 6 October 2008 examined Ardal’s family tree. He discovered that his paternal grandfather, Michael O’Hanlon, a UCD medicine student, had joined the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and…

[frogshunnedshadows]

[dummerjan]

finished watching it's always sunny in philadelphia and now i don't know what to do but watch it all over again

[pierog]

dougal is a popular dog name because of the movie The Magic Roundabout ^-^

it was originally a tv show from the 60s, i didnt realise it was a popular dog name til lots of older people asked me if it's a reference ... much before my time, i didnt bother existing for about another 40 years.

[thecrimsondandelion]

Ages until Halloween, but suddenly had the thought that I want to go out as Father Dougal McGuire

[prawns-are-cannibals]

Couldn't find a video, but found a news article that mentions it if it helps?

https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/people-think-im-genuinely-stupid-father-ted-star-ardal-ohanlon-struggled-to-escape-dougal-mcguire-role/38429637.html

Okay, I distinctly remember Ardal O'Hanlon telling a story about how once he got a cab back from the airport, and the driver recognised him from Father Ted, so he felt the need to come across as really smart, but when he got home he realised that he'd left his car at the airport. I'm pretty I've rewatched the whole of series 13, and all the outtakes, and I still can't find it. Do you have any idea what I'm talking about and how I could find it?

Hello! Hmm, I'm afraid that doesn't sound familiar to me – if it was on the show, I've drawn a blank on it, sorry! Could any Ardal scholars help out below, please? 🙏

[slow-burn-sally]

a collection of very twinky, pretty pics of ardal o’hanlon as father dougal mcguire

so bright and earnest. shaving cream stuck in his ear. he’s a human puppy dog.

feathery 90s hair my beloved.

he looks so confused, bless him. his slightly crossed eyes are sending me.

oh my god just LOOK AT HIM. My heart can’t take it. 

a pair of cozy dougals 

cozy

the dougal show <3

[abbaep]

can somebody PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE write sum smut stories abt “Father Dougal McGuire” from the tv show “Father Ted” PLEASE YALL

[richielikesballs]

*Father Ted voice* Dougal. Where's the platinum chip.

...The one we were supposed to bring to Mr. House, Dougal.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WERE SHOT IN THE HEAD FOR IT?!

[spacestation-l7]

Adding to my Dougal propaganda; Reasons Why Father Dougal McGuire Qualifies as a Sad Priest

He was exiled by the diocese for an incident where he performed a Baptism that went wrong and “irreperably damaged” several nuns

He has no known relatives who are alive; His parents and uncle are dead

He was struck by lightning a few times as a kid and never taken to the hospital, also implied he never went to a hospital even when he’s sick

This also heavily implies his parents were either absent, already dead, or abusive

Doesn’t know the difference between fiction and reality therefore he’s easily manipulated

Literal saint, kind-hearted with no ill intention, the most loyal and the nicest character in the series yet usually treated poorly due to his lack of understanding of most things. He’s trying his very best, but sometimes his best isn’t enough and it gets into other people’s nerves which results in him getting yelled at, mostly by Ted (heavily implied to be autistic)

Survived getting hit by a car while riding a bike, wrongly arrested for shoplifting, stuck in a building fire, fell into a den of tigers and mauled (all of these are mentioned in the same episode)

Literally cannot feel physical pain; His arm was twisted and bitten yet he felt nothing

Acts as Ted’s moral compass constantly but fails as he’s so loyal and obedient to him

The only time he displayed negative emotions was when he was on the verge of tears when he thought Ted was leaving him behind in the final episode

Is terrified of women (gay? AroAce? perhaps)

Was almost killed because he wanted to help out the local milkman after revealing a scandal of one of their employees

Framed by his other best friend for a crime he wasn’t even aware of

Cannot perform a single mass or service alone without potentially killing several people (i.e. He tried to do a funeral and it ended up crashing the car onto the coffin and the car exploding, presumably killing the driver) (this is more funny than sad but imagine being a priest not able to do the one thing you’re supposed to do)

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[scrumdiddlyumptious-bar]

Ted and Dougal from Father Ted!! 

Thanks again to the wonderful @hippano for bringing this idea to life! 🥰💖

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1965 – Birth of comedian and actor, Ardal O’Hanlon, in Co Monaghan.

#OTD in 1965 – Birth of comedian and actor, Ardal O’Hanlon, in Co Monaghan.

Ardal O’Hanlon was born in 1965 in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, the son of Rory O’Hanlon, a politician and doctor, and has five siblings. RTÉ’s Who do you think you are? programme on Monday 6 October 2008 examined Ardal’s family tree. He discovered that his paternal grandfather, Michael O’Hanlon, a UCD medicine student, had joined the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and…