Global gathering of Gobnaits in Baile Mhúirne

Eibhlín Gobnait Ní Lionáird addresses a cultural walk at Glaoch Ghobnatan, the global Gobnait get together, on the feast day of St Gobnait at St Gobnait's Shrine, Baile Mhúirne, Co Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane

Frank Kelly, prior to playing Fr Jack Hackett in Father Ted, did much to make the name Gobnait famous, though perhaps not in the way fellow bearers of the name might have wished.

His comedy sketches featuring culchie character Gobnait Ó Lunacy, who later starred in his ‘Christmas Countdown’ record, did little to enhance the name’s appeal.