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Birdy Sweeney

Actor

Birdy Sweeney

Born June 14, 1931Died May 11, 199917 films

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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Angela's Ashes posterFirst watchAngela's Ashes19997.3as Old PriestAn Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family…View film

Essential films

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The Crying Game poster6.8The Crying Game1992The Butcher Boy poster6.8The Butcher Boy1998The Snapper poster6.5The Snapper1993Space Truckers poster5.4Space Truckers1996

Filmography

17 films as actor
  1. 2011The Poorhouse Revisited
  2. 1999Angela's AshesOld Priest
  3. 1998Divorcing JackLift Attendant
  4. 1998The NephewOld Codger
  5. 1998The Butcher BoyMan in Well
  6. 1997DowntimePat
  7. 1996Space TruckersMr Zesty
  8. 1993The SnapperLoner
  9. 1992The Crying GameTommy
  10. 1991Journey to KnockStan
  11. 1991Arise and Go NowDade's Father
  12. 1988Reefer and the ModelInstant Photo
  13. 1988The Temptation of Eileen HughesCaretaker
  14. 1987Naming the NamesMan at Divis
  15. 1986The End of the World ManWorkman
  16. 1984The CryMr. Ferguson
  17. 1984A Woman CallingMan in Shop