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John O'Leary is a shopkeeper who resides on Craggy Island with his wife Mary.

Although they appear to be a loving, happy couple in front of Ted and Dougal they actually hate each other and as a result are always trying to either kill or injure each other.  

He was portrayed by Irish actor Patrick Drury.

Incidents[]

The following is a list of incidents involving the couple by the order of episodes they appear in:

  • They are seen arguing with each other at Funland before Ted shows up
  • They meet the priests at the hospital after Paul Stone is admitted following his lightning strike.  Mary is on crutches having "sprained" her ankle while John is wearing a bloodied bandage but passes it off as Mary having nicked him with a knife and not stabbing him.  After they leave, she kicks him in the shins
  • They argue with each other in their shop before Dougal arrives to purchase a pair of handcuffs, which they intend to use for the cinema protest with Ted (although he doesn't mention this)
  • Mary tries to drown him in a bucket of water before the priests arrive but John passes it off as Mary just washing his hair
  • They bring the priests a gift of chocolate Easter eggs to the parochial house and are arguing before Ted answers the door
  • He locks Mary in a large wardrobe in their shop and throws away the key

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