“Dad, if we won, we won.”
No decent Irish person would pass up any excuse to use a Father Ted reference, especially when one is as perfectly fitting to the events that took place in Donegal.
St Eunan’s GAA club were hosting an online raffle, and clubman John Haran was the presenter for the occasion, assisted wonderfully by his son Ollie.
The young Gael was given his big moment when he was asked to pick out the winning ticket, and was very excited to reveal that he had in fact picked out his father’s name, John Haran.
Predicting the scandal and inevitable claims of bias, Haran quickly brushed his son away and re-did the draw – a very honourable move by the clubman.
Naturally his son protested against this, saying that “Dad, if we won, we won,” and in fairness to the young diplomat, it’s hard to disagree.
The club took it all in very good spirits, and there was no time wasted making a Father Ted clip to go alongside the original video.
Video from John Haran
Doesn't take these lads long to get it up. pic.twitter.com/dLLOCr68pG— John Haran (@johnjazzharan) December 21, 2021
The episode is of course when Father Ted attempts to rig the raffle that he is presenting, in order to win a new car to replace the one that he had damaged.
“The last raffle I was at was very interesting, because the people who ran the raffle actually won it.
“So it’s not unusual for that to happen.”
The prize in question was tickets to see Gareth Brooks in Croke Park next year, so maybe Haran just isn’t a big fan, but young Ollie certainly thinks he is.
In a brilliant show of good sportsmanship, Haran shared the clip on Twitter himself, and made light of the situation.
The only way it could have been more like the great TV show, was if the young son took his protest against his father’s noble decision even further, and held a sign that read “Down with this sort of thing.”
