The writer and director of the Oscar-winning Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has written a note of thanks to a community in Connemara who put up three billboards of their own to celebrate the film's success.
The people of Lettermullan, the homeplace of McDonagh's father, put up three billboards each with a different slogan.
The billboards read 'Comhghairdeas Martin McDonagh', 'Réalt Mór Leitir Mealláin', 'Réalt Mór Hollywood'. Translated they read 'Congratulations Martin McDonagh', 'Big Lettermullan Star', 'Big Hollywood Star'.
McDonagh sent his note, written as Gaeilge, to RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. It reads:
The translation reads:
Maith an fear, Martin.
McDonagh's Three Billboards won two of the major awards at the Oscars last night. Frances McDormand picked up the Best Actress award while Sam Rockwell won for Best Supporting Actor.