Irish nominees return disappointed
Cork director John Crowley was nominated for his direction of The Pillowman, by London-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, who received a best play nomination for his work. And Irish actor Brian F O’Byrne was nominated for best leading actor in a play. All three went home disappointed.
If there was a high-profile Irish success it was an Irish-American success, however, as writer John Patrick Shanley won in the best play category for Doubt, his story of abuse in the Catholic Church and the innocence (or guilt) of a popular parish priest, played by O’Byrne.
