On my radar: Ardal O’Hanlon’s cultural highlights

Ardal O’Hanlon was born in County Monaghan in 1965. Starting out as a standup comedian in Dublin, he got his big break in 1995 playing the gormless Father Dougal McGuire in Channel 4’s hit sitcom . In 1998, he published a novel called . On BBC, he played the lead roles in and . Now O’Hanlon stars as Jack in a new production of Brian Friel’s at the National Theatre