'Father Ted' star Frank Kelly has revealed he is having chemotherapy after being diagnosed with bowel cancer.
The Mirror newspaper reports that the 69-year-old, who played foul-mouthed priest Jack Hackett in the hit comedy, had a tumour removed last September.
He is in the middle of a seven-month chemotherapy course that doctors hope will stop the cancer returning.
Speaking to the paper Kelly said: "The tumour was the size of a bloody cabbage."
He continued: "I had discomforts and symptoms that I thought were just bowel problems. But when you're told it's cancer, it doesn't come as such a massive shock."
Kelly added: "I've made a complete recovery. But I need chemo to reduce the chance of it returning."
