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Sweeney Lake
Sweeney may refer to: People *Sweeney (name) *Clan Sweeney, an Irish clan of Scottish origin Places *Sweeney Mountains, Palmer Land, Antarctica *Sweeney Ridge, a national park in California, United States Arts and entertainment *''Buile Shuibhne, The Madness of Sweeney'', a mediaeval Irish legend *''Sweeney'' an Australian bush ballad (1893) by Henry Lawson *Sweeney Agonistes, an abandoned "Aristophanic Melodrama" by T. S. Eliot; also two poems, "Sweeney Erect" and "Sweeney Among the Nightingales" from Eliot's ''Poems'' (1920) *''The Sweeney'', a British television series *''Sweeney!'', a spin-off film of the TV show *''Sweeney 2'', the 1978 sequel *''The Sweeney (2012 film)'' *The Sweeney: Paris, an alternative name for the French film The Squad (2015 film), a remake of the 2012 film *The Sweeney, British band formed by Murray Torkildsen Other uses * London slang for the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police Service See also * Sweeny (other) * Justice S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweeney (name)
Sweeney is a surname that is of Irish origin, derived from the Gaelic ''Mac Suibhne'' meaning "son of ''Suibhne''".. For the surnames ''McQueen'', ''Swain'', ''Sweeney'', this website cited: . The Gaelic personal name '' Suibhne'' was originally a byname meaning "pleasant" or "well-disposed" and is associated with Clan Sweeney. name="ancestry">. For the surnames ''McQueen'', ''Swain'', ''Sweeney'', this website cited: . In the United States, the surname ''Sweeney'' can also be an Americanization of the French surname ''Choinière''. This French surname is derived from ''choin'', meaning white, and probably originated as an occupational name for a baker.. For the surnames ''Choiniere'' and ''Sweeney'', this website cited: . People with the surname * A. William Sweeney (1920–2003), Ohio Supreme Court justice * Alison Sweeney (born 1976), American television actress * Anne Sweeney (born 1957), Co-Chair of Disney Media Networks and President of Disney–ABC Television Group * Anton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |