Paul Fitzgerald. A troublesome schoolboy who has a habit of ruining important moments, such as spoiling the nativity play by saying that there was in fact room at the inn. He shares Dan's surname although it is not clear if he is related to him or not. The Bally Boys The Bally Boys are the arch rivals of Killinaskully. Cast Pat Shortt as Dan Clancy/Willie Power/Goretti/Cantwell/Pa Connors Jack Walsh as Jimmy Bourke Joe Rooney as Timmy Higgins Pádraic Breathnach as Jacksie Walsh Pascal Scott as Sgt. Dick O'Toole Louis Lovett as Dieter Langer John Keogh as Father Eno Mary Harvey as Bridie Clancy Jim Queally as Theo Wigmore Maria McDermottroe as Mrs Gilhooley Aoife Molony as Miss Fahy Gerry Walsh as Larry Cummins Guest appearances A number of well-known personalities have made appearances as themselves in Killinaskully. In episode six, entitled "The Funeral", RTÉ newsreader Ken Hammond and sports broadcasters George Hamilton and Jimmy Magee visit the village. Episodes The series has often been repeated by RTÉ; below are the dates of original transmission of each series. Reception Killinaskully received poor reviews from critics but earned large viewership figures. Shane Hegarty, The Irish Times'''s television critic, said the programme emphasised the rural/urban divide and "because TV critics tend to stand very firmly on one side of that gap, they have seldom attempted to understand the popularity of something so old-fashioned, predictable and lazy." John Drennan of the Irish Independent commented if there was "a sweeter sound in Irish journalism than the wails of the effete South Dublin TV critic when RTÉ viewing figures show Killinaskully has trounced John Kelly's The View once again?" Drennan said division over the show was the modern equivalent of the 19th-century cultural wars over the language movement, with one side featuring "the sort of cultural snob who faints at the sight of a Centra breakfast roll and who also fondly imagines the drawing rooms and restaurants of South Dublin bear an uncanny resemblance to the set of Frasier". John Boland in the Irish Independent has said how the characters lack depth: "I've never been much of a fan of Pat Shortt's broad brand of comedy, with its gallery of cartoon-culchie villager wearing silly wigs and speaking in exaggerated mock accents." Boland continued, "Killinaskully makes Shortt's earlier work with Jon Kenny in D'Unbelievables seem like Curb Your Enthusiasm'' by comparison". Adele King dislikes the "paddywhackery", describing