Killinaskully

Performing internationally, at one point they sold out Vicar Street for 14 weeks, until the year 2000 when John was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Now amongst his other achievements, Pat created the hugely successful comedy series Killinaskully.

He made a memorable appearance as the local crazy man, Tom, in Father Ted.

Won the Best Actor award at the 2008 IFTAs for his performance in Garage, which was directed by Lenny Abrahamson, and he's currently starring in Animals, which runs at the Abbey Theatre until November the 7th.