And it is a record that can now never be broken
Over the years, there have been only a handful of Irish actors who have managed to take home an Academy Award. Brenda Fricker won Best Supporting Actress for her role in My Left Foot, while Daniel Day-Lewis took home three Best Actor awards throughout his career to date, for My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood and Lincoln.
Fitzgerald, who was born in Dublin in 1888, would also go on to feature in arguably one of the most famous"Irish" movies ever made, starring alongside John Wayne in The Quiet Man, before passing away in 1961. But throughout his career, and even all of these decades later, no other performer has ever found themselves nominated for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for the same role in the same movie in the same year.
So there you go. No matter what else Irish performers win or lose, we'll forever hold on to this one unique record breaker.
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