Marie Bheag Breathnach is an
Irish actress
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
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Breathnach played the part of Mo Gilmartin on the
Irish language
Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous ...
drama, ''
Ros na Rún
() is an Irish soap opera produced for the Irish-language television channel TG4. The series is set in a fictional village called Ros na Rún, located near to An Spidéal, where the series is filmed. It focuses on the domestic and professional ...
'', from 2002 to 2021.
She is a native of Cnoc Leitirmullen, in
Galway
Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...
, and won the County football final with her local team. She has been an actress since working on a short film by Paul Mercier in 1998.
She is now working as a floor manager in Ros na Rún since 2021.
She recently worked as a stage manager with An Taibhdhearc with their new play Baile Beag Mór.
See also
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Breathnach
Breathnach (meaning ''Welsh''), or Bhreathnach (feminine form), is an Irish surname, indicating an ancestor who was Welsh. It is the Irish-language version of surnames such as Brannagh, Brunnock, Brannick, Walsh, Wallace, and Wallis.
However, it ...
External links
Interview: 8 Questions with ... Marie Bheag Breathnach
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Actresses from County Galway
Irish soap opera actresses
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)