Sweeney may refer to:
People
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Sweeney (name)
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Clan Sweeney
Clan Sweeney is an Irish clan of Scottish origin. The Mac Suibhne family did not permanently settle in Ireland before the beginning of the 14th century, when they became Gallowglass soldiers for the Ua Domnaill dynasty of Tír Chonaill. The c ...
, an Irish clan of Scottish origin
Places
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Sweeney Mountains, Palmer Land, Antarctica
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Sweeney Ridge, a national park in California, United States
Arts and entertainment
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The Madness of Sweeney'', a mediaeval Irish legend
*''Sweeney'' an Australian bush ballad (1893) by
Henry Lawson
Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial perio ...
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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)
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The Sweeney'', a British television series
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Sweeney!'', a spin-off film of the TV show
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Sweeney 2
''Sweeney 2'' is a 1978 British action crime drama film. It was made as a sequel to the successful 1977 film ''Sweeney!.'' Both films are an extension of the popular British ITV television series ''The Sweeney'' (1975–78). Some of the action ...
'', the 1978 sequel
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The Sweeney (2012 film)
''The Sweeney'' is a 2012 British action drama film, inspired by the 1970s ''The Sweeney'', the British television police drama of the same name, but set in contemporary London. Written and directed by Nick Love, from a story by Love and John ...
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*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
The Flying Squad is a branch of the Serious and Organised Crime Command within London's Metropolitan Police Service. It is also known as the Robbery Squad, Specialist Crime Directorate 7, SC&O7 and SO7. It is nicknamed The Sweeney, an abbreviat ...
, a branch of the Metropolitan Police Service
See also
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Sweeny (disambiguation)
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Justice Sweeney (disambiguation)
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