Personal Life
Meaney was married to Irish actress Bairbre Dowling, but they are now divorced. He married a second time in March 2007 to Ines Glorian. He currently lives in the Majorcan town of Sóller. He is unrelated to the science fiction writer John Meaney; the latter has a brother named Colm Meaney.
Meaney is an outspoken supporter of the Irish Republican political party Sinn Féin. While not currently a member, he has said that he had joined the party when he was 14. In October 2011, Meaney supported the Sinn Féin politician Martin McGuinness in his Irish presidential election bid.
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