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Ardal O’Hanlon: ‘Even though I didn’t always agree with Dad’s politics, I always admired his conviction and his attempts to bring people along with him’

By Liadán HynesIndependent.ie

Ardal O’Hanlon made his first attempt at writing a book when he was still a teenager. “I actually tried to write a crime novel when I was about 18,” the now 60-year-old comedian and actor says. He is sitting in a back room of The Odeon venue in Dublin, having…

Though his role in Father Ted conferred him with national treasure status, actor, stand-up and author Ardal OHanlon says that he is still filled with self-doubt. Alongside with the imposter syndrome,…