A gold wrap has been placed around a post box outside Ballintemple Post Office in Cork near the family home of Oscar winner Cillian Murphy.
An Post decided to spruce up the traditional green post box in honour of the 47-year-old actor who last Sunday scooped the Best Actor Oscar.
He scooped the Oscar for his role as theoretical physicist Robert J Oppenheimer in the film ‘Oppenheimer’.
Locals are already stopping to take selfies next to the post box which reads “Cillian Murphy Best Actor Oppenheimer”.
An Post has also put a gold wrap around a post box on O’Connell Street in Dublin to mark the achievement of Element Pictures which produced “Poor Things.”
The film won four Oscars including the Best Actress award for Emma Stone.
Meanwhile, Mr Murphy’s father Breandán Ó Murchú earlier this week told RTÉ’s Radio na Gaeltachta that they celebrated the big win of their son by going “a bit mad”.
Mr Ó Murchú said that his son “spoke well” and that he particularly enjoyed that he dedicated his award to the peacemakers of the world.
The former schools inspector told the An Saol Ó Dheas that they hosted an Oscar party for their children and grandchildren at their home in Ballintemple.
“When he mentioned my name, it was like the reading of the rolls at school and I was going to say ‘anseo.’ We had a cake too, it was great to have it at home and we had more than cake,” he said.
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He said that he expected that Cillian, his wife Yvonne and their two children will holiday in the west Kerry Gaeltacht this summer.
Mr Ó Murchú said that his son will not be going down the blockbuster route now that he has won an Oscar.
“I don’t hear him talking about blockbusters. I don’t think he has too much interest in them unless they some other quality. Maybe he might make a big enough movie so he could produce smaller scale movies as well,” he said.
Mr Ó Murchú previously spoke to the show when Cillian was nominated for an Oscar earlier this year.
He said that they were taking a measured approach to the nomination.
“There are so many things happening in the world, that we should be sensible about these things and that is what he is saying himself as well. We are very pleased for him.
We don’t like to make too much fuss about him, he’s got a job like the sons and daughters of other people and the difference is he gets a lot of publicity. All the same we’re so happy for him and pleased,” Mr Ó Murchú added.
