Brenda Fricker

as Pigeon Lady

as Ethel Twitty

as Mrs. Brown

as Polly

as Maggie Nelson

as May Mackenzie

as Bernie Guerin

as Eileen

as Maureen (voice)

as Eleanor

as Maggie McCabe

as Megan Roach

as Self

as Mrs. McQuarry

as madame Mazzawatty

as Petra

as Dot

as Principal Claire Maloney

as Mona

as Heather Nightingale

as Joan

as Nuala O'Loan

as Narg

as Willie Hendley

as Madame Alex

as Lily Byrne

as Betty

as Maid (uncredited)

as Alison Thorpe

as Brenda

as Phyllis

as Lily

as Dorcas Kelly

as Annie McLaughlin

as Nurse

as as Lizzie Meany, Mrs. Meany

as Alison Thorpe

as Teresa Ryan

as Annie Ryan

as Alexandra MacLean

as Lottie

as Sister Agnes

as Emma

as Eileen Quinn

as Iris Greenwood

as Mrs. Bread

as Ray's Mother

as Marta

as Aunt Maeve

as Pat Moran

as Bridie

as Lottie

as Tilda

as Aunt Draycott

as Clare's mother

as Rose Hindmarch

as Eliza

as Mary

as Mary Ann Rowe (voice)

as Maureen

as Stella Hazard

as Mother Steed

as Mrs. Pearson

as Nan

as Joan Jones

as Mollie

as Kitty Henshaw

as Grainne McFadden

as Dorothy

as Self

as Ray's Mother

as Eileen Graham

as Bridie

as Woman

as Self

as Self