 Go on, Go on, Go on, Go on, Go on, Go on, Go on, Go Go on! Mrs. Joan Doyle (played by Pauline McLynn) is a character in the Irish television comedy Father Ted. Mrs Doyle is a housekeeper who looks after the three Priests and the parochial house on Craggy Island. Image File history File links Mrs_Doyle. ...
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Pauline McLynn (born 10th July 1962) is an Irish actress best known for playing Mrs Doyle in the TV series Father Ted and in adverts for the Inland Revenue. ...
Father Ted was a popular 1990s television situation comedy set around the lives of three priests on the fictional extremely remote Craggy Island off the west coast of Ireland. ...
Roman Catholic priest A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ...
Craggy Island is a fictional island off the west coast of Ireland and is the primary setting for the comedy television series Father Ted. ...
Refreshments Mrs. Doyle is relentless in her responsibility to provide refreshments to the Priests and their visitors. She will never take no for an answer (especially when it comes to offering tea). She badgers anyone with her catchphrase "Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, GO ON!!!!!" As she said to Father Ted Crilly once, "Ah, you'll have some cake...there's cocaine in it!!! Oh, not cocaine, no!! What am I on about, I meant, erm, what are they called...raisins!!"
Mrs. Doyle has a unique test for her sandwiches. She eats one of them whole, and if it does not meet her standards, she throws all of the rest in the bin. Her sandwiches seem to cause her a great deal of physical discomfort and would appear to be revolting, but at the end of her test she assures everyone that "they're fine!!" Mrs. Doyle was deeply hurt by Ted's introduction of a tea making machine called the Teamaster into the Parochial House [1], but she sabotaged it and convinced Ted that she was the best at making the tea. It is believed that Mrs. Doyle's tea-making is a reference to the fact that the Irish are the biggest tea drinkers in the world averaging 4 to 6 cups per person per day. This article is about the food item. ...
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Character Analysis Mrs. Doyle is the most mysterious character in the show. She is always referred to as "Mrs. Doyle" by other characters. She seems to be friends with a lot of women who are similar to her in dress and appearance, and perhaps even in occupation. They always refer to her as "Mrs. Doyle", and she never uses their first names either, referring to them as "Mrs. Dineen" or "Mrs. Jones" and so on. Apart from relentless tea-making, her other main jobs include bathing Dougal, digging drainage ditches, fixing the roof and cleaning the big window in the living room, which usually ends up with her careering off the window sill onto the floor. Mrs. Doyle is also prone to plummeting off the roof of the house. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
 Mrs Doyle gives Dougal a bath. Mrs. Doyle's first name was actually revealed to be Joan early on in the series (albeit only in the script, and not onscreen). In the script book the writers added a comment which stated that early on in writing they revealed a lot of information which could have been a dark secret over the series, and they seemed to use this later on as in the series 3 episode "The Mainland," the mention of Mrs. Doyle's first name is obscured by other loud noises (a fire bell in the police station, and plates clattering in the restaurant), in a similar way to how The Simpsons often obscured maps which showed the exact location of Springfield within the United States. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1153 KB) Taken by myself with my digital camera This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1153 KB) Taken by myself with my digital camera This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. ...
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Mrs. Doyle's personal life outside of the parochial house is always kept a mystery, although we know that at one stage in her life, she must have had a husband. She is very secretive about him too, at one point beginning a story by saying "Well, one time when my husband... I've said too much." She also mentions having a sister, although she only mentioned these two people once on separate occasions, and gave nothing away about either.
Trivia - Mrs. Doyle's mole moves from one side of her face to the other between Series 1 and 2 whilst in Series 3 it vanishes altogether.
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