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Article: Will ya' have more Mrs Doyle? Ah go on now; It's a long way from Craggy Island to appearing alongside Dame Judi Dench but Pauline McLynn seems to be taking it all in her stride.(Features)
- Article from:
- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- May 15, 2001
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Byline: PHIL GOULD
The 38-year-old actress who shot to fame as the tea tray-carrying old bat Mrs Doyle in Father Ted talks faster than an Intercity train.
Although the aforementioned Craggy Island housekeeper is somewhat older in years than the actress who plays her, I have no trouble spotting that it is the woman formerly known as Mrs Doyle who is beckoning me into the publishing company office.
As well as being able to talk at an Olympic speed, McLynn can tell a good story, which is just as well as her second novel, Better Than A Rest, has just ...