Dermot Morgan

Dermot went to University College Dublin where he studied English and Philosopy In 1974 he took up a teaching post but left 2 years later to persue the comedy career that he had started at university In 1979 his first introduction to TV came with an appearance on Live Mike on RTE television as Fr Trendy a catholic priest who was religiously hip He became a regular for the next 4 years His career took a slump in the mideighties when his humour didnt fit in with the views of RTE who controlled the media in Ireland at the time In 1988 he set up his own production company Cue Productions and began work on a radio show called Scrap Saturday This show lampooned Irish politicians and allowed him to use his wonderful talent for mimicry In 1991 at the height of its success the show was cancelled by RTE He remained angry about the cancellation of the show for many years He returned to doing stand up comedy In 1995 he started his most popular show Father Ted which won him several awards He had just completed the third series of Father Ted when he died