tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660387914019273489.post3417476853399340048..comments2024-02-26T09:29:46.477-05:00Comments on <center>I, Ron, eek!</center>: BallyKissMe: Musings on BallykissangelRonald Helfrich Jnr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01979221009291819300noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660387914019273489.post-5002758852070389922013-08-03T17:56:18.937-04:002013-08-03T17:56:18.937-04:00Thank you for the information, Ronald - Mr. Caffre...Thank you for the information, Ronald - Mr. Caffrey was a wonderful actor, sad news! The shows writers should have given his character a more poignant send-off! :(Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409799297758745410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660387914019273489.post-79664374011851410002013-07-25T10:10:49.720-04:002013-07-25T10:10:49.720-04:00Kaya, I don't remember precisely. I recall the...Kaya, I don't remember precisely. I recall the emotionally wrenching story about Padraig, his son, and his wife. Wasn't the explanation that he moved away? I just don't recall. <br /><br />According to the Independent obituary (4 January 2008) on the actor who played Padraig, Peter Caffrey "Caffrey left Ballykissangel in 1998 after the first four series and, in 2000, ill-health struck again when a stroke left him partially paralysed and with impaired speech. With the aid of physiotherapy and speech therapy, he fought his way back once more although the right-hand side of his body remained paralysed to play a publican who suffered the same fate in the unreleased Irish film Sweet Dancer (2005)..." Perhaps ill health, he had health problems before BallyK, led him to leave the series.Ronald Helfrich Jnr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01979221009291819300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660387914019273489.post-44203987297410285452013-07-21T18:25:02.980-04:002013-07-21T18:25:02.980-04:00Can someone tell me what ever happened to the Padr...Can someone tell me what ever happened to the Padraig O'Kelly character? I recall his son going off with his mother to London, and then trying to romance Orla. I also remember Padraig going on a "bender", and Brendan helping him, but the character seemed to just drop off the face of the earth after that. Can you fill me in? Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409799297758745410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660387914019273489.post-56338281304415475272013-06-19T08:18:04.124-04:002013-06-19T08:18:04.124-04:00I really got caught up in BallyK too. I loved the ...I really got caught up in BallyK too. I loved the characters, particularly Father Clifford and Assumpta, and the relationship between them. I was devastated when Assumpta died and Peter left. I decided to keep on watching, however, and ended up enjoying the later series. <br /><br />Thanks for your kind words. Glad you found BallyK. It is a really wonderful show. I am watching another one of those other wonderful British whimsical dramedies at the moment, Doc Martin, set in small town Cornwall. Ronald Helfrich Jnr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01979221009291819300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660387914019273489.post-85122402382273019272013-06-19T04:45:44.307-04:002013-06-19T04:45:44.307-04:00What an interesting essay, I only just recently di...What an interesting essay, I only just recently discovered BallyK, and I'm one of those viewers that after the death of Assumpta and Father Peter leaving, I could not bring myself to watch any further...I just could not imagine it would be the same: I was absolutely shattered, which seems to be a bizarre reaction to TV characters. Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07965359963130027904noreply@blogger.com