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| name        = Birdy Sweeney
| image       = 
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| caption     = 
| birth_name  = Edmund Francis Sweeney
| birth_date  = ((Birth date|1931|6|14|df=y))
| birth_place = [[Dungannon]], [[County Tyrone]], [[Northern Ireland]]
| death_date  = ((Death date and age|1999|5|11|1931|6|14|df=y))
| death_place = [[Dublin, Ireland]]
| nationality = Irish
| other_names = Birdy Sweeney
| occupation  = Actor))

'''Birdy Sweeney''' (14 June 1931 – 11 May 1999) was an Irish actor and comedian.

Born '''Edmund Francis Sweeney''' in [[Dungannon]], [[County Tyrone]], he garnered his nickname "Birdy" from his childhood ability to imitate bird calls which he demonstrated on [[BBC Radio Ulster]]. He was a stand-up comedian on the club circuit for more than thirty years before he gained his first acting work as an extra in BBC Northern Ireland's adaptation of the play ''Too Late to Talk to Billy'' in 1982.<ref name="Independent">Exshaw, John: [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-birdy-sweeney-1093399.html Obituary: Birdy Sweeney], ''The Independent'', 14 May 1999.</ref>

Sweeney made minor appearances in several major films, including ''[[The Crying Game]]'' (1992), ''[[The Hanging Gale]]'' (1995), ''[[The Snapper (film)|The Snapper]]'' (1993) ''[[The Butcher Boy (1997 film)|The Butcher Boy]]'' (1997), and ''[[Angela's Ashes (film)|Angela's Ashes]]'', and made his stage debut in the 1989 Dublin production of ''[[The Iceman Cometh]]'' at the [[Abbey Theatre]].<ref name="Independent"/> From 1996, he played farmer Eamon Byrne in the first four series of the BBC drama series ''[[Ballykissangel]]''.<ref name="bbc">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/341662.stm Ballykissangel actor dies], ''BBC News'', 12 May 1999</ref>

==Death==
Sweeney died on 11 May 1999 at [[St. Vincent's University Hospital]], Dublin, aged 67, He was survived by his wife Alice and their eight children.<ref name="bbc"/>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1983|| ''Every Picture Tells a Story'' || Blakes Barman ||
|-
|1986|| ''The End of the World Man'' || Workman ||
|-
|1988|| ''Reefer and the Model'' || Instant Photo ||
|-
|1991|| ''[[Murder in Eden (TV series)|Murder in Eden]]'' || Crubog || BBC Miniseries
|-
|1992|| ''[[The Crying Game]]'' || Tommy ||<ref>((cite web|title=Birdy Sweeney |publisher=BFI London |accessdate=6 February 2019 |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba582da21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528100236/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba582da21|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 May 2018))</ref>
|-
|1996|| ''[[Moll Flanders (1996 film)|Moll Flanders]]'' || Doctor of Sorts ||
|-
|1996|| ''[[Space Truckers]]'' || Mr. Zesty ||
|-
|1996-1999|| ''[[Ballykissangel]]'' || Eamon Byrne || 34 episodes
|-
|1997|| ''[[The Butcher Boy (1997 film)|The Butcher Boy]]'' || Man in Well ||
|-
|1997|| ''[[Downtime (film)|Downtime]]'' || Pat ||
|-
|1998|| ''[[The Nephew]]'' || Old Codger ||
|-
|1998|| ''[[Divorcing Jack (film)|Divorcing Jack]]'' || Lift Attendant ||
|-
|1998|| ''[[Joint Venture]]'' || Arthur || Short
|-
|1998|| ''[[Green Oranges]]'' || Tommy || Short
|-
|1999|| ''[[Angela's Ashes (film)|Angela's Ashes]]'' || Old Priest ||
|-
|2011|| ''The Poorhouse Revisited'' || Gravedigger || (final film role)
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Male film actors from Northern Ireland]]
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[[Category:Male television actors from Northern Ireland]]
[[Category:People from Dungannon]]
[[Category:Stand-up comedians from Northern Ireland]]
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