Peace Plan for Craggy Island Row

(Hat tip: Jules, commenting at the Shrine of the Holy Whapping)

For fans of "Father Ted":

The organisers of a Father Ted festival [ED.: The festival is being held nine years since Dermot Morgan's (who played the role of "Father Ted") death] have come up with what they say is an ingenious solution to decide who is the real Craggy Island - a five-a-side football tournament.

Inis Mor, the largest of the three remote Aran Islands off County Galway, is planning a three-day "Friends of Ted" event.

However, residents of Inis Oirr, the smallest of the islands, were up in arms as they believed they had a bigger connection to the Channel 4 comedy.

One of the organisers, Peter Phillips, said they got a flash of inspiration from an episode featuring the All-Priests Five-a-Side Over-75s Indoor Challenge Football Match.

And unlike in the show, the losers won't have to kick any fearsome bent-over bishops.

"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.

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Fr. Jack says: "Drink! Feck! Girls!", not to mention "Arse!"

And please check out the Shrine of the Holy Whapping's "Holy Whapping Television Network (HWTN) Schedule".

See also "Father Ted - The Holy Trilogy". Hilarious.


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