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Hibernia: Irish Eye on Hollywood

By Tom Deignan
Spring 2023

April 20, 2023 by 1 Comment

Oscars MomentsThere was good, bad and ugly news for the Irish at the Academy Awards back in March. Of the 20 nominees in the Oscar acting categories, five were Irish – which computes to 25 percent, an amazing statistic for a nation whose entire population is not much bigger than that of the City of Los Angeles. The good news: there were two Irish winners at the Oscars, Ross … [Read more...] about Hibernia: Irish Eye on Hollywood

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