Scully

Scully may refer to:

A surname

The Irish name, "Scully" comes from older forms Ó Scalaidhe, Ó Scolaidhe, Ó Scolaí and Ó Scolaighe. These surnames referred to an ancestor who functioned as a sceulaidhe, a high-ranking storyteller of an old Irish court, or a "student". Other early modern forms of the surname include Scally and Skully.

People called Scully

Scully (TV series)

Scully is a British television drama with some comedy elements set in Liverpool, England, that originated from a BBC Play For Today episode "Scully's New Years Eve" (3 January 1978). Originally broadcast on Channel Four in 1984, the single series was spread over six half-hour episodes plus a one-hour final episode. It was written by playwright Alan Bleasdale. The drama is notable for featuring many of the Liverpool football club first-team squad of that era.

The estate parts were filmed in Longsight, Manchester, on the 'Anson Road' estate.

Scully's house is situated on Bluebell Lane in Huyton, Liverpool, Several parts were also filmed on roads off Princess Drive, Dovecot.

The school building featured is the 'Central High School for Boys' (demolished) on Pink Bank Lane, which is off Kirkmanshulme Lane in the Belle Vue/Gorton area of Manchester. The extras used in the school/classroom scenes were pupils of the school.

Francis Scully (played by Andrew Schofield) is a teenage boy who has his heart set on gaining a trial match for Liverpool to hopefully fulfil his ambition of playing for the club. Francis, in everyday situations during his waking hours, occasionally "sees" famous Liverpool players such as Kenny Dalglish when they are not really there. These dream-like sequences recur throughout the episodes.