We're down to the last four in our bracket to crown the best Irish TV character of all time, in association with Ladbrokes.
There have been too many great Irish characters to mention over the history of television. We struggled to the narrow the field down to 32, let alone 16 but it would seem that four have stood out well above the rest.
The quarter-finals of our bracket ran over the weekend and we emerged with four convincing semi-finalists. There was not much drama to speak of in the round of eight, with all the victors easing their way over the line. Father Ted Crilly once again flaunted his popularity in an 87% to 13% win over The Young Offenders' Billy Murphy. The clergyman will now take on Dustin the Turkey in the first semi-final, with Dustin enjoying a 63% to 38% win over Agnes Brown.
It's the second semi-final that is capturing most people's imaginations with two of the great television characters going head to head. It's Love/Hate's Nidge vs The Hardy Bucks' Francis 'The Viper' Higgins! Nidge earned his spot with a 70% v 30% win over Roy Trenneman in the quarters , while The Viper put paid to Martin Moone 62% to 38%.
Who will make it to the final? That's up to you to decide. Voting is now open on our social media stories, our will be open on our Twitter page and onsite below until Wednesday morning.
Semi-final 1: Fr Ted Crilly vs Dustin the Turkey
Semi-final 2: Nidge vs Francis 'The Viper' Higgins
You can check out the full bracket below. Click here to see it in a bigger image.
