That’s Ireland

The creators of Magnum PI were careful to avoid Irish stereotypes in this 1983 episode titled Faith and Begorrah. The story supposedly starts in Armagh, where an Irish priest called Father Paddy McGuinness, who suprisingly has a fondness for whiskey, suspects a British army brigadier of stealing the ashes of Saint Patrick’s crozier while searching his church for IRA weapons. Here’s the first few minutes of the episode, culminating in Father McGuinness meeting Magnum in a bar and accusing him of blasphemy for ordering a Virgin Mary.

Lots more Armagh-related videos are just a click away, including:

• The Rectangularabout and Curly Wurly Bridge in Craigavon
• Gloria Hunniford getting gunged on Noel’s House Party
• Three strange penalty kicks in honour of William McCrum
• The Grand Master of the Orange Order of Ghana
• Armagh Winning the 2002 All Ireland Final

Here they are: >>> (more…)