Limerick's adopted son Dominic West nominated for Golden Globe tonight

ACTOR Dominic West will be hoping to bring a Golden Globe back to west Limerick after the awards ceremony in the early hours of Monday morning.

A good luck message was shared on the Instagram page of Glin Castle, the ancestral home of Dominic's wife Catherine FitzGerald, this Sunday.

"We are hugely proud of our own Dominic West who has been nominated for a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Prince Charles in The Crown on Netflix," reads the post.

Dominic spends part of the Christmas break in Glin with family, who always try to return for Christmas and enjoy a swim at the pier and family walks in Ballybunion. They attended Mass on Christmas Day in Rathkeale.

The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed for excellence in both American and international film and television. It is an annual award ceremony held since 1944 to honor artists and professionals and their work.

They take place in the early hours of Monday morning (Irish time) at The Beverly Hilton in California. Highlights of the 2024 Golden Globe awards are on RTÉ2 at 9.30pm on Monday night, preceded by red carpet highlights at 9.00pm.

Dominic is nominated in the Best actor in a TV series category. The stellar line-up includes Brian Cox - Succession; Kieran Culkin - Succession; Gary Oldman - Slow Horses; Pedro Pascal - The Last of Us and Jeremy Strong - Succession.

Dominic has received plaudits for his portrayal of Prince Charles in The Crown, a historical drama TV series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Dominic and Catherine's son, Senan, who has spent a significant part of his childhood in Glin, was cast as Prince William. 

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Glin Castle has been the home to the FitzGerald family in Limerick for over 800 years, having first settled on the grounds in the 1200s. The old castle in Glin was built around the 1250s.

Following on from the Nine Years’ War (1594 - 1603), the Knight of Glin at the time was displaced from the castle as it was taken over by British forces following three attempts to take it. The Knight of Glin went on the run but returned to his lands following the war.

The old castle was abandoned and then the Knight of Glin built a big house on the existing site where the Glin Castle now stands.

In 1790, John Bateman FitzGerald started building the castle that is known today. Catherine, a landscape designer, is the current chatelaine of Glin Castle.