Birdy Sweeney

Birdy Sweeney Trailers

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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.

Most Popular Birdy Sweeney Trailers

Total trailers found: 17

Journey to Knock Trailer (1991)

17 September 1991

Journey to Knock humourously follows three disabled men on their pilgrimage from the North of England to Knock shrine in Co.

Downtime Trailer (1997)

21 October 1997

Ex-police psychologist Rob has plenty of problems of his own. Having retired through ill health, he is quite aware that he is not the best person to talk down suicidal single mother Chrissy when she threatens to throw herself off a Newcastle tower block.

Space Truckers Trailer (1996)

04 October 1996

John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without questions being asked.

Divorcing Jack Trailer (1998)

01 October 1998

He's Irish, he's ageing, he drinks, is a touch cynical and when he has time writes a newspaper column.

The Crying Game Trailer (1992)

02 September 1992

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire.

Naming the Names Trailer (1987)

08 February 1987

Finn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes back a lot further than that.

The End of the World Man Trailer (1986)

19 August 1986

When some Belfast children find out that city planners intend to "develop" a wooded area called the Glen that the girls use as a retreat from the pressures of city life, they decide to fight back - but in their own way.

The Nephew Trailer (1998)

28 August 1998

Twenty years ago, Tony Egan's sister went to America. Nobody ever heard of her again. But now, the message of her death arrives in her town of birth.

Angela's Ashes Trailer (1999)

25 December 1999

An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.

The Butcher Boy Trailer (1998)

20 February 1998

Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense.

A Woman Calling Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

Professor Broderick, a famous professor of Psychology, returns to his house by Belfast Lough to discover a woman waiting for him.

The Temptation of Eileen Hughes Trailer (1988)

03 April 1988

The McAuleys are local celebrities and Eileen Hughes, a young shop assistant, is flattered to be taken under their wing.

The Cry Trailer (1984)

31 July 1984

Ulster 1959. A young journalist visiting his quiet hometown is awakened by a scream in the night. He catches sight of a youth being beaten up and dragged away.

Reefer and the Model Trailer (1988)

05 August 1988

Comerford’s signature sharp realism infuses this drama about Reefer, an ex-IRA man who picks up hitch-hiker Teresa, a pregnant woman trying to overcome a drug addiction.

The Snapper Trailer (1993)

06 August 1993

Sharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin. When she gets pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town.

Arise and Go Now Trailer (1991)

04 September 1991

Exploding poets, randy bishops and bungling IRA hoodlums are causing havoc in a small town in Northern Ireland.

The Poorhouse Revisited Trailer (2011)

01 August 2011

In the time of Ireland's Great Famine, an elderly gravedigger revisits a traumatic event through the decaying visions of his fragmented dreams.