Macdara Ó Fátharta

Acting

Macdara Ó Fátharta

An Irish actor, best known for his role as notorious publican Tadhg Ó Direáin in TG4's Irish language TV drama "Ros na Rún". He is married to Eileen Dunne, they have one child.

Known For

Far and AwayFar and Away · 1992
Far and Away
★ 6.81992
MovieAdventureDrama
A young free-spirited Irish woman from an affluent Protestant family spontaneously befriends a street-smart commoner cheated by her family’s hostile land takeovers. They escape to America, ready to take advantage of the 19th century Oklahoma land rush.
Leap YearLeap Year · 2010
Leap Year
★ 6.92010
MovieRomanceComedy
When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan -- an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.
The Butcher BoyThe Butcher Boy · 1998
The Butcher Boy
★ 6.81998
MovieComedyDrama
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. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
PoitínPoitín · 1978
Poitín
★ 8.51978
MovieDramaCrime
A poitín (moonshine) maker attempts to avoid the attentions of the Gardaí (police) in Connemara in the west of Ireland.
Your Man from Six CountiesYour Man from Six Counties · 1976
Your Man from Six Counties
★ 10.01976
MovieDramaTV Movie
When his father becomes a bomb victim, Jimmy leaves Belfast for his uncle’s farm in remote west Ireland. But even here there are links to the past.
The Blackwater LightshipThe Blackwater Lightship · 2004
The Blackwater Lightship
★ 6.12004
MovieDrama
A man in the final stages of AIDS is cared for by his sister and mother and grandmother.
Love & SavageryLove & Savagery · 2009
Love & Savagery
★ 4.52009
MovieRomanceDrama
In 1969, a visiting geologist from Newfoundland arouses scandal in a small Irish village when he romances a local girl who’s destined for the convent.
SinnersSinners · 2002
Sinners
★ 7.52002
MovieDrama
Powerful drama set in 1960s Ireland about a young, unmarried mother-to-be whose family sends her to a convent. There, out of sight of society, her work in the laundry provides her with close friendships, which bring hope and relief from daily prayer and penance. (Radio Times)

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Ros na RúnRos na Rún · 1996
Ros na Rún
★ 7.51996
SeriesDramaSoap
Ros na Rún is a long-running Irish soap opera produced for the Irish language television channel, TG4. It was originally broadcast on RTÉ One in the early 1990s before the existence of TG4. It now broadcasts for 35 weeks of the year, airing 2 episodes each week from September to May. The programme is set in a fictional village called Ros Na Rún, located outside Galway, and near Spiddal, and centres around the domestic and professional lives of its residents. It is modelled on an average village in the West of Ireland but with its own distinct personality – diverse population that share secrets, romances, friendships etc. While the core community has remained the same, the look and feel of Ros Na Rún has changed and evolved over the years to incorporate the changing face of rural Ireland. It has established a place not only in the hearts and minds of the Irish speaking public, but also the wider Irish audience.

Tadhg Ó Díreáin