RTE's new documentary 'Holy F' aired last Sunday night as Ardal O'Hanlon chatted with a host of well-know faces about Ireland's love affair with bad language.
While guests like Tommy Tiernan and Hazel Chu gave great insights into the history of the Irish and swearing, the public were full of praise for O'Hanlon.
Best known for playing the simple sidekick of Father Ted Crilly, people might not know too much about Ardal's family life.
Here are a few things that you may not have been aware of about the 55-year-old.
Time with the Troubles
Ardal is the son of former Ceann Comhairle and long-time Fianna Fáil Government minister Rory O'Hanlon.
Ardal's grandfather - Rory's father - was a member of the Fourth Northern Division of the Irish Republican Army during the War of Independence.
And given that Rory was the representative for Cavan-Monaghan, the Troubles were a testing time for the family.
Ardal told the Guardian in a previous interview: “Dragged out of your bed at the age of seven, my mother screaming, six kids under the age of 12. I’m not equating my experience with the people who lived in Northern Ireland. But my dad was always out and about late at night, and I could not go to sleep until I knew he was in. There were assassinations, for one reason or another. And I could not relax until I heard his footsteps on the garden path.”
Young love
Ardal met his wife Melanie when they were teenagers - with the pair now being parents to Emily, Rebecca and Red.
"With kids, you're not so self obsessed. It's not so all about you anymore. You find out what's really terribly important and you see the world fresh." he told the Irish Independent
"If I could live my life playing tennis with my children and then making people laugh in the evening, that would be a life well lived."
London gamble
While O'Hanlon would be happy doing three or four gigs a month in Ireland, he recognised that he needed to give comedy a proper shot.
As a result, he said he would save up and move to London when aged 28 - thinking that if it didn't work out within a month, he'd return to Dublin.
Everyone knows what happened next.
His career started to skyrocket, going from three gigs a month to four in a week.
In the mid-90s he was cast as Father Dougal McGuire in Father Ted and entertained millions and millions of people across the world
But it was a role that stunned Ardal
“I had no experience of acting. I had to pinch myself every day that I was part of this thing,” he told the Independent. “I didn’t even think it was a remote possibility. I was focused on stand-up.”
Marching On Together
Ardal is a huge supporter of Leeds United.
In a 2003 interview with the Guardian, he said: "I've been a Leeds fan for as long as I can remember. When you are about five or six, you adopt a team - obviously, I didn't grow up in Leeds. I grew up in a small town on the Irish border, and most of the people my age were Leeds fans, both then and now. This was a reaction to the presence of so many Liverpool and Man United fans around us.
"That and the fact that an Irishman, Johnny Giles, played for Leeds.
"He was a fierce competitor. I met him once, at a black-tie event in Dublin, which was one of the great nights of my life. Tony Currie was another great favourite, even if he only played for a short time at Leeds. His wife told me once that she was a big fan of My Hero. These are the moments I treasure."
