Last year at the Oscar Wilde Awards, honoree Paul Rudd took a lot of ribbing for, well, not being Irish. Most of it came from his friend and presenter Julia Roberts, who said, “McRudd has a ring to it. But yes, he’s Jewish.”

This year, the U.S.-Ireland Alliance looked no farther than Ireland for two of its honorees.

Colin Farrell, who will be presented his Wilde award by Jim Sheridan, was born in Dublin, and makeup artist Michele Burke comes from Kildare Town, with Paula Wagner doing the honors for her.

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