Sweeney

Sweeney, derived from the Gaelic name Suibhne, may refer to:

People

• See Sweeney (name)

Places

• Sweeney Mountains
• Sweeney Ranch, Wyoming
• Sweeney Ridge, a national Park in California, USA

Things

• Camp Sweeney, American summer camp
• Clan Sweeney, Irish clan of Scottish origin

Arts

Stage

• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (musical), or one of its recordings
• Molly Sweeney (1994), a play by Brian Friel, voted Best Foreign Broadway Play of 1996 by New York Drama Critics Circle

Television

• The Sweeney, British television series
• The Sweeney Sisters, A recurring comedy segment on NBC's, Saturday Night Live. The segment debuted, October 18, 1986. The lounge singing duo were played by Jan Hooks as Candy Sweeney and Nora Dunn as her sister Liz.

Film

• One of the films called Sweeney Todd:
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936 film)
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)
• Sweeney! (1977 film), a spin-off from The Sweeney TV Show
• Sweeney 2, the 1978 sequel
• The Sweeney (2012 film)

Literature

• Sweeney Agonistes, a verse drama by T.S. Eliot and a character in several poems
• Sweeney Astray, Seamus Heaney's version of the Irish poem Buile Shuibhne
• Sweeney, a character in the novel At Swim-Two-Birds by Brian O'Nolan under the name Flann O'Brien

Music

• Sweeney Todd (band), Canadian musical band
• Sweeney's Men, Irish musical band
• Sweeney's Men (album), album by the Irish musical band Sweeney's Men
• The Sweeney (band), British musical band
• The Tracks of Sweeney, album by the Irish musical band Sweeney's Men

Other

• Sweeney's Flight, photography portfolio
• London slang for the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police Service that investigates serious robberies and organised crime.

See also

• Sweeny