Macdara Ó Fátharta

Known for

Acting

Birthplace

Inis Meáin (IRL)

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.

Best known work

Leap Year

2010

Far and Away

1992

The Butcher Boy

1998

The Blackwater Lightship

2004

Love & Savagery

2009

Song of Granite

2017

Sinners

2002

Cré na Cille

2007

Foscadh

2021

Poitín

1978

Filmography

2025
Buried Alive!
2021
Foscadh
as Paddy
2018
The Black Dog
2017
Song of Granite
as Joe (60s)
2010
Na cloigneTV
as Mánas Ó Máille (3 episodes)
2010
Leap Year
as Father Malone
2009
Love & Savagery
as Thomas Collins
2007
An Teanga
2007
Cré na Cille
as Beartla Chois Dubh
2005
His Father's Son
as Tomás Ó'Gallchóir
2004
The Blackwater Lightship
as Grandad
2002
Sinners
as Minister of State
1998
The Butcher Boy
as Alien Priest
1996
Ros na RúnTV
as Tadhg Ó Díreáin (25 episodes)
1992
Far and Away
as John
1978
Poitín
as Garda
1976
Your Man from Six Counties
as Gerard