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Austin 'Occi' Byrne is brought home to Ireland from London, where he was born after his mother failed to have an abortion. He spends his childhood with his alcoholic mother, being bullied by his peers, and feeling isolated much of the time.
Austin 'Occi' Byrne's life begins when his mother brings him back to her village in Sligo after she fails to have an abortion in England. Occi suffers traumatic bullying at the hands of a local gang, but remains devoted to his increasingly alcoholic mother, convinced that his lost father will...
- Conor Mcdermottroe
- Martin Mccann
Jul 11, 2009 · Born in London to single mum Bridget, Austin Byrne returns with her to her hometown in Ireland as a very young boy and learns that, from family to neighbours to the Church, no-one has a good word to say about either of them.
Austin moves back to Ireland with his mother after she fails to procure an abortion in the UK and gives birth to him there.
Austin moves back to Ireland with his mother after she fails to procure an abortion in the UK and gives birth to him there.
Swansong tells the stern yet wholehearted story of young man´s search for his dad and a place to belong. Born an illegitimate child, he and his mother are treated like social pariahs in the closed ecclesiastical communities of 1970’s Ireland.
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Sep 10, 2010 · Largely set in McDermottroe’s native Sligo, the film follows a local oddball, Occi Byrne, as he struggles against bullies, copes with life in a mental institution, spends time on a trawler and ...
