Barry Keoghan has vowed to "drop in" one of the days to his former school in Dublin after staff and students praised the actor following his BAFTA win.
The 30-year-old Summerhill native wowed film critics with his performance in Martin McDonagh's acclaimed The Banshees of Inisherin alongside Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Kerry Condron. Barry scooped up the BAFTA for best supporting actor, and in his acceptance speech on Sunday night he dedicated his win to the kids in Summerhill where he grew up.
On Monday, Conor Flood, his former teacher at O’Connell Secondary School in the inner city, told RTE News that there is "great pride" in the school following Barry's big win. He said: “An individual like Barry, they have something in them that the school is not responsible for, can only maybe nurture, but there is great pride.
