Eyes in the Kingdom will be on Los Angeles tonight, as Killarney's Jessie Buckley is in the running for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
The actress has already has already swept the boards at all the major film awards, winning a Critic's Choice, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Actor's Award for her role of Agnes Shakespeare in Hamnet.
Every Actress who has previously won these accolades has gone on to win the golden statuette, and Jessie is favourite to join the ranks that include Kate Winslet, Frances McDormand and Renee Zellweger, who have all achieved a "sweep" of major awards.
Speaking recently on Kerry Today, her father Tim Buckley speaks of his favourite part of Hamnet:
As part of Radio Kerry's Jessie Buckley weekend, young people from around the county asked the public what an Oscar winner from Kerry would mean for them:
The 98th Academy Awards will be taking place in the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, starting at 11pm Irish time.
Radio Kerry will be broadcast live tonight from midnight, with updates from the event and exclusive interviews with some of Jessie's family live from Killarney.
