Ardal O'Hanlon is of course best known for playing wide-eyed Father Dougal McGuire on Channel 4's Father Ted where embodied the role of Dougal so perfectly with his endearingly daft lines and dim facial expressions that few ators can rival.

However despite Dougal being by far his biggest role to date, if you really want to enjoy the talents of O’Hanlon, you have to see him live on stage.
O'Hanlon has worked constantly since Fr. Ted went off the air in 1998. As well as making numerous TV appearances, he has gigged solidly around the world, mainly in the UK and Ireland, and has performed televised gigs for Live In The Apollo and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow.

With guest leads in programmes as diverse as Skins (C4) and Doctor Who (BBC), Ardal also stars in the feature film, Wide Open Spaces. His debut novel The Talk of the Town remained in the Best Seller charts for more than 6 months and was recently voted one of the 1001 books to read before you die.

However during his stand up performance, he may look like Dougal, and sound like Dougal but his delivery is fast and often confessional, with the comedian telling you his sinful thoughts and deeds in a seemingly off-the-cuff manner.  So if your going to see this Monaghan funnyman perform at the Royal Theatre, then put Dougal to the back of your mind and enjoy this very different, but also very funny man, who looks a lot like him!