Game of Thrones, Liam Cunningham win at the Irish Film and Drama Awards

As we near the end of the 2017-2018 awards season, Game of Thrones is still making waves. On Thursday night, the Irish Film and Television Academy held the 15th annual Irish Film & Television Academy Film & Drama Awards, which honors the best in…well, Irish film and television. As it has cast and crew members from the area, Game of Thrones took home some gold, including for Best Drama, where it beat out Acceptable Risk, Line of Duty, Paula, Striking Out, and Vikings.

This is the first year Game of Thrones has won in this category, having been nominated each year since 2012.

Meanwhile, Liam Cunningham took home the award for Best Supporting Actor for his always-fine work as Ser Davos Seaworth. He’s been nominated in this category every year since 2014, but this is his first win. Cunningham’s castmate Aidan Gillen was also nominated for his turn as Littlefinger, along with Moe Dunford from Vikings, Owen McDonnell from Paula, and Jason O Mara from Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Congrats to Game of Thrones and Liam Cunningham for breaking through!

Interestingly enough, Richard Dormer (Beric Dondarrion) was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role, but the nom was for his work as Gabriel Markham in Rellik. Dormer lost to Cillian Murphy from Peaky Blinders.

As long as we’re talking about awards, the 71 Annual British Academy Film Awards, or the BAFTAs, go down this weekend. Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) gave her predictions for who’s going to win:

Did you notice that she’s riding in an Audi? I feel like that’s important.

The 2018 BAFTAs will take place this Sunday night, February 18, on BBC One.

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h/t Irish Examiner