Ardal O'Hanlon

Ardal O'Hanlon is, to me, the most flavorful presence in Irish comedy. He is a Dublin City University graduate, yet he committed fully to the gormless Father Dougal in Father Ted, and that range is exactly what I love. The sharp intelligence behind the dim expression is the giveaway of a real actor. The fact that he also writes scripts and has published two novels confirms my hunch that the funniest people are usually the cleverest.

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Name (English)

Ardal O'Hanlon

Name (Japanese)

アーダル・オハンロン

Reading

あーだる・おはんろん

Born

October 8, 1965 (age 60)

Origin

Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ireland

Occupation

actor / comedian / film actor / screenwriter / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Snake

University

Dublin City University

• Xhttps://x.com/ardalsfolly
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardal%20O'Hanlon
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1292714

Tags

• County Monaghan
• actor
• comedian
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.