Colin Sheridan: It's been a long road but Cillian Murphy looks all set for Oscar success

If things go according to plan, there’ll be a statuette coming home to Leeside, and a plaque going on a wall in Douglas

 Cillian Murphy in a scene from 'Oppenheimer'. Picture: Universal Pictures via AP

There’s a plaque upon a wall on Walworth Road, Portobello, Dublin that reads “BARRY FITZGERALD 1888 - 1961. ABBEY THEATRE AND OSCAR WINNING ACTOR WAS BORN IN THIS HOUSE”. 

With all due respect to Wicklow’s most famous adopted son, the Kensington-born Daniel Day-Lewis, Fitzgerald remains the only Irish-born male actor to win an Academy award, claiming the Best Supporting Actor prize for his role in the 1944 musical comedy-drama Going My Way.