Arthur Mathews: Portrait of the artist as a League of Ireland fan

Fr Ted writer Arthur Mathews has been going to the Drogs for years. Liam Mackey finds out why. 

Arthur Mathews: Portrait of the artist as a League of Ireland fan

Look up the Wikipedia entry for Arthur Mathews and you’ll discover chapter and verse about his stellar career in comedy writing, including co-credits for such luminous achievements as Fr Ted, Toast of London, Big Train, and I, Keano.

Under the heading ‘Personal Life’, by contrast, just this one sentence appears: “Mathews has supported Drogheda United since the 1970s.”

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