Colm O'Regan: Jessie Buckley deliberately had herself born in Kerry, but the UK still claims her

Is it ignorance? Or are there any reasonable explanations? Do they never really accept when former colonies go their own way?

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Shocked but not surprised. I think that’s the general view. Killarney actor Jessie Buckley was claimed as British when she was nominated for an Oscar. In fact, Ruth Negga, Ciarán Hinds and Caitriona Balfe were also snaffled when it appeared they were in the shakeup. Negga and Balfe reverted to Irish again when they missed out.

Ciarán Hinds -or to give me his correct name according to mangled pronunciation at the announcement Kareen Hinds- was born in Belfast so he could claim to be a citizen of the UK and Ireland.