Fr Ted as a fellow student in UCD, 50 years ago... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to Remembering Dermot Morgan, by Fred Tuite above.

"In October 1972, I returned for my second year to UCD to find the Belfield Arts Block filled with new first year students trying to find their way about. Making my way through this excited crowd, I met a friend coming the other way. "Come with me" she said.

And so, I followed her into Theatre L, that huge amphitheatre lecture hall crowded with expectant first year students for their first lecture in English.

The lecturer, a lanky figure with a shock of black hair, in priestly garb, came and took his place on the podium. A hush descended on the packed hall...."

Listen to more from Sunday Miscellany here.