Faithful farewell to ‘Fr Jack’ actor Frank Kelly

It was as if Frank Kelly was trying to have the last laugh.

Seven priests adorned the altar at his funeral Mass and there wasn’t a Fr Jack joke between them.

The homily was heartfelt, the music magnificent, and the personal touches so poignant, but what was really needed was a good pungent expletive. Go on, go on, go on seemed to be the congregations’s silent chant.