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Originally Posted by kidflash2008
BTW, Father Ted is one of my favorite shows to come out of the UK. Father Jack rules!
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When I first saw Father Ted, I was surprised by the opening shots of the house with the mountains behind it.
Every Summer, my parents took us kids to my granny's farm in Boston (the very north of Co Clare). Every morning, we would wake up to a view of close-by mountains. When I saw Father Ted, I knew these were the same mountains and that the house was close to my gran's.
A couple of years back, I met up with one of my uncles, who droves myself and the missus over to the Father Ted house. (The statue of Mary outside the house is not a prop, it's part of the property and remains there to this day.) I said I'd take a few photos from outside, but he was having nothing of it and opened the main gates and told us to follow him up to the front door (the dogs were barking loudly at this time). Not wishing to disturb the occupants, I took a few photos and left. On the way back, my uncle remnded me that I had been in the house before (which I sort of thought I had) as the previous owners were relatives of mine.
It's between Boston and Cavan in Co Clare, if anyone's making the pilgrimage.
