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.
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The Crying Game
1992-09-02
Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier
Arise and Go Now
1991-09-04
Exploding poets, randy bishops and bungling IRA hoodlums are causing havoc in a small town in Northe
The Nephew
1998-08-28
Twenty years ago, Tony Egan's sister went to America. Nobody ever heard of her again. But now, the m
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
1988-04-03
The McAuleys are local celebrities and Eileen Hughes, a young shop assistant, is flattered to be tak
The Poorhouse Revisited
2011-08-01
In the time of Ireland's Great Famine, an elderly gravedigger revisits a traumatic event through the
Journey to Knock
1991-09-17
Journey to Knock humourously follows three disabled men on their pilgrimage from the North of Englan
Downtime
1997-10-21
Ex-police psychologist Rob has plenty of problems of his own. Having retired through ill health, he
A Woman Calling
1984-01-01
Professor Broderick, a famous professor of Psychology, returns to his house by Belfast Lough to disc
The Snapper
1993-08-06
Sharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin. When
Reefer and the Model
1988-08-05
Comerford’s signature sharp realism infuses this drama about Reefer, an ex-IRA man who picks up hitc
Angela's Ashes
1999-12-25
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed
The Butcher Boy
1998-02-20
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a vi
The Cry
1984-07-31
Ulster 1959. A young journalist visiting his quiet hometown is awakened by a scream in the night. He
Naming the Names
1987-02-08
Finn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes bac
Space Truckers
1996-10-04
John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to c
Divorcing Jack
1998-10-01
He's Irish, he's ageing, he drinks, is a touch cynical and when he has time writes a newspaper colum
The End of the World Man
1986-08-19
When some Belfast children find out that city planners intend to "develop" a wooded area called the