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Why Gerry Ryan was behind much of Tedfest s success
Peter Phillips, co-founder of the unique festival devoted to ‘Father Ted’, talks to Ciara McDonnell about this year’s festival and reveals how Gerry Ryan played a big part in its success Joe Rooney who played Father Damo in the hit TV SHow Father Ted pictured with Peter Philips, Founder of Tedfest. Picture courtesy of TedFest
Mon, 01 Mar, 2021 - 15:00
Ciara McDonnell
“The moral of the story there was don t go on the Gerry Ryan Show when you re drunk.” Peter Phillips, founder of Tedfest is regaling me with stories from the festival’s fifteen years. Last weekend instead of heading to Inis Mór at the end of a blustery February, Phillips underwent a partial knee replacement. In line with Covid-19 guidelines, the organisers have moved the annual celebration of Father Ted to October, when they are hoping to welcome 250 Tedheads to the Aran island.