Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Inis Meáin (IRL)

Career

1976 – 2025

Credits

15 movies·1 TV shows

Macdara Ó Fátharta

Acting

Biography

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

★ 6.9

Leap Year

2010

★ 6.8

Far and Away

1992

★ 6.8

The Butcher Boy

1998

Filmography

Movies

2025

Buried Alive!

2021

Foscadh

as Paddy

5.5

2018

The Black Dog

2017

Song of Granite

as Joe (60s)

5.9

2010

Leap Year

as Father Malone

6.9

2009

Love & Savagery

as Thomas Collins

4.5

2007

Cré na Cille

as Beartla Chois Dubh

6.3

2007

An Teanga

2005

His Father's Son

as Tomás Ó'Gallchóir

2004

The Blackwater Lightship

as Grandad

6.1

TV Shows

1996

Ros na Rún

as Tadhg Ó Díreáin · 25 ep.

7.5