McSweeney teaches Murphy and Shaw a lesson in battle of the Baftas

Siobhan McSweeney with the award for best female performance in a comedy programme, for 'Derry Girls', at the Bafta Television Awards 2023 at the Royal Festival Hall, London. Picture: Jeff Moore/PA 

The acting chops of two of Cork City's best-known schools were laid bare at the annual British Academy Film Awards, as, out of three nominees from Cork in a single year, there was triumph for one former Scoil Mhuire pupil.

Siobhán McSweeney won the first Bafta TV award for best female performance in a comedy programme for her role as Sister Michael, the eye-rolling principal of the show's Our Lady Immaculate College, in Channel 4 programme Derry Girls.