What a day... Ireland officially rocked the Oscar nominations. And Irish Twitter had a lot of fun.
The director of An Cailín Ciúin, Colm Bairéad, pretty much summed it all up, for starters...
We've only gone and done it! 🇮🇪#nominated #Oscars2023 @TheAcademy 💚 https://t.co/NH9nq0nizl
— Colm Bairéad (@ColmBairead) January 24, 2023
RTÉ's Sinead Crowley shared the moment with Team Cailín Ciúin:
All the way to Oscar @quietgirlfilm @RTE_Culture @RTE_Ents @rtenews pic.twitter.com/CS56roCjGf
— Sinéad Crowley (@SineadCrowley) January 24, 2023
And then there's The Banshees, and this scene stealer in particular (SPOILER ARERT: The following clip might just break your heart):
Barry Keoghan.
— Deirdre Heenan (@deirdreheenan) January 24, 2023
In 2003 his mum passed away. Spent 7 years in foster care with 23 different foster homes.
In 2010 he responded to small casting ad in Dublin shop window.
In 2023 nominated for best supporting actor.#Oscars2023 #bansheesofinisherin
pic.twitter.com/MCLcjjLN9c
Along the way, a few interesting points are made:
2017: Alan Esslemont of TG4 states his intention of helping produce an Oscar-winning Irish-language feature.
— Una Mullally (@UnaMullally) January 24, 2023
2023: An Cailín Ciúin, developed under TG4-BAI-SI's Cine4 initiative is nominated.
Ambition, supporting development, trusting talent, making art with integrity, works.
And a few unsung 2023 Oscar heroes are singled out:
And while we're talking Irish #Oscar talent…the amazing @JBeecherDesign worked on THREE of this year’s five Production Design nominees: Avatar, Babylon, and Elvis. #Oscars2023 #Oscars95
— Flor MacCarthy🇺🇦 (@florNEWS) January 25, 2023
(Insta @jillbeecher Here with her equally talented sister @carolbeecher #tootalented ) pic.twitter.com/JWK2s9lDhX
The incomparable Waterford Whispers had some sage advice for the nominees:
Irish Oscar Nominees Encouraged To Begorrah & Bejaysus-It-Up To Secure Award Wins https://t.co/vjAa1TTHrE
— WWN (@WhispersNewsLTD) January 24, 2023
And as for Blindboy, well, he just had to go there:
Wow. Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Kerry Condon, Brendan Gleeson and Paul Mescal all nominated for Oscars. The British media won't know themselves with all these names they'll be claiming as their own
— The Blindboy Podcast (@Rubberbandits) January 24, 2023
Twitter heroine of the hour had to be Paul Mescal's sister Nell, who (literally) captured the moment her brother picked up a Best Actor nod for Aftersun:
— nell mescal (@nellmescal_) January 24, 2023
It doesn't end there - Oscar or no Oscar, we all send the Mescal family love and best wishes.
my mum got a haircut today in prep for her chemotherapy and then paul got nominated for an oscar life is so crazy
— nell mescal (@nellmescal_) January 24, 2023
What can only be described as 'the Mescal ripple effect' is being felt far and wide:
Great day for Ireland with all the Oscar nominations, incredible achievements all round.
— Karen Mulreid (@beatingblog) January 24, 2023
Great day for me too, Paul Mescal's Dad is my son's teacher and he let them off homework tonight as a celebration. As a parent, no homework is better than an Oscar tbf!
We'll end on a sombre note, reminding us of the long road ahead. Don't worry, people, we'll get there.
the country is cheering . the country is cheering for ireland dominating the oscars , because it does not remember what it has truly lost (ireland dominating the eurovision)
— cmat (@cmatbaby) January 24, 2023
