Birdy Sweeney
Birthday: 1931-06-14
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Biography: Birdy Sweeney was an Irish actor best remembered for his regular role in TV drama Ballykissangel. His name came from his uncanny ability to mimic birdsong.
Movies
The Crying Game
Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier ...
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Arise and Go Now
Exploding poets, randy bishops and bungling IRA hoodlums are causing havoc in a small town in Northe...
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The Nephew
Twenty years ago, Tony Egan's sister went to America. Nobody ever heard of her again. But now, the m...
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The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
The McAuleys are local celebrities and Eileen Hughes, a young shop assistant, is flattered to be tak...
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The Poorhouse Revisited
In the time of Ireland's Great Famine, an elderly gravedigger revisits a traumatic event through the...
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Journey to Knock
Journey to Knock humourously follows three disabled men on their pilgrimage from the North of Englan...
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Downtime
Former police psychologist Rob helps to save young Chrissy when she is about to commit suicide by ju...
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A Woman Calling
Professor Broderick, a famous professor of Psychology, returns to his house by Belfast Lough to disc...
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The Snapper
Sharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin. When...
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Reefer and the Model
Comerford’s signature sharp realism infuses this drama about Reefer, an ex-IRA man who picks up hitc...
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Angela's Ashes
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed ...
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The Butcher Boy
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a vi...
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The Cry
Ulster 1959. A young journalist visiting his quiet hometown is awakened by a scream in the night. He...
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Naming the Names
Finn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes bac...
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Space Truckers
John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to c...
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Divorcing Jack
He's Irish, he's ageing, he drinks, is a touch cynical and when he has time writes a newspaper colum...
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The End of the World Man
When some Belfast children find out that city planners intend to "develop" a wooded area called the ...
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