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Father Dougal has joined the cast of Derry Girls for season 2!

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11:18 14 Feb 2019


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Dream team.

Season 2 of Derry Girls hasn't even aired yet, and it's already sent us into overdrive!

Earlier this week we finally got to see the official trailer for the second installment of the hit show.

And now we've found out that Ardal O'Hanlonnone, otherwise known as Father Dougal Mcguire from Father Ted, will be joining the cast!

Talk about a match made in heaven.

“Ardal O’Hanlon joins our family this year, which is brilliant,” Saoirse-Monica Jackson, who plays Erin Quinn told RadioTimes.

Jackson went on to explain how the Father Ted icon nails his role in the show:

"I think it’s something that everybody will recognise, and he completely gets it so on the money,” she said.

“It was really surreal, just looking at him, because he’s such an iconic figure in Ireland, and he’s such a lovely man. He’s so good in it."

"There’s a scene where it gets quite physical, and (writer and creator) Lisa came over. She was like, ‘Don’t bully Ardal’. And we were like, ‘We’re not bullying him, he’s like a national treasure!’ Cause we had to like go for it in the scene."

As if we weren't already excited enough for the return of Derry girls!


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