Father Dougal McGuire of nuns' lives were "irreparably damaged". Dougal is also famously known for wearing a Ireland soccer jersey when he is in bed. On the Channel 4 website for Father Ted, the profile for Father Dougal states that 'Dougal was relegated to the island after an unfortunate incident on a SeaLink ferry that put the lives of hundreds of nuns in danger.' In "Old Grey Whistle Theft", Dougal mentions that he is 25 years old. In the 2011 documentary "Unintelligent Design", Linehan said that Dougal had been conceived as a cross between wide-eyed bartender Woody in "Cheers" and roadsweeper Trigger in
"Good Luck, Father Ted" "Good Luck, Father Ted" "Good Luck, Father Ted" is the first episode to be aired of the Channel 4 sitcom "Father Ted". Ted is contacted by a producer from Tele Éireann television programme, "Faith of our Fathers", requesting to interview Ted as a priest that works in a remote area. Ted is elated to be asked, but as he fears that his fellow priests Dougal and Jack would embarrass him, he tells the producer that he is the only priest on Craggy Island, and arranges to meet with the television reporter at "The Field", one of least-rocky areas on the