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PAUL MESCAL won the hearts of many for his groundbreaking performance as Connell in Normal People earlier this year – and the Kildare actor also had the most popular tweet of 2020 when he corrected British news outlets claiming him for himself their own.
After Mescal’s star received an Emmy nomination on the hit TV show, he became the latest in a long line of Irish actors, musicians, poets, etc.. , which British news organizations mistakenly labeled British.
The Daily Mail and The Guardian were among those who made the mistake, prompting the 24-year-old actor to tweet « I’m Irish. ». .
The news quickly got over 130. 000 likes and over 12. 000 retweets and over 1. 600 answers. The impressive stats made it the most popular tweet on Irish Twitter this year, according to new data released by the social media platform.
The numbers also showed that « # Covid-19 » and « #Coronavirus » were the most used hashtags of the year.
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Other news hashtags that caught the attention of the Irish people were those focused on the general election (remember that?), the Black Lives Matter movement, the Golf Gate and Brexit.
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