Banshees of Inisherin star Gary Lydon dies ‘suddenly’ aged 61

Actor Gary Lydon has died aged 61 (Picture: Tom Lawlor)

Award-winning actor Gary Lydon has died aged 61, it has been confirmed.

The British-Irish stage and screen star is best known for playing Garda Peadar Kearney in The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), which also starred Barry Keoghan and Colin Farrell.

Directed by Martin McDonagh, the black tragicomedy was nominated for nine Oscars. In his role, Lydon was the father of Keoghan’s troubled Dominic Kearney.

His other credits include Patrick Murray, the counsellor on RTÉ One’s The Clinic, from 2003 to 2009, a role that won him an Irish Film and Television gong for best supporting actor.