PS: Who Is the Next Great Irish Actor?

@Peter_pbn​ Let's not get into that can of worms.

1) Irish nationals can mean different things, from government identification to ethnic identification to cultural identification to country identification to finally geographic (island) identification. I could the term "nationalist" that would eliminate the geographical distinction, but that term I think of as more of a political identification. 

3) Plus, the full sentence reads:

" Irish nationals like these and the Irish diaspora have a long track record of securing Oscar, Emmy, and BAFTA nominations and wins for acting, so expectations for the youngest generation are high."

You're using national as a noun, so the meaning according to the same dictionary is "A citizen of a particular nation."

I guess it depends on the dictionary you use and how detailed or encompassing they intend their definitions to be. Other dictionaries define national (noun) as regardless of citizenship and more of a state of mind.

Regardless, as I pointed out in #2 the Irish government recognizes all Northern Irelanders as Irish and #3 it doesn't make a difference where you demarcate the Irish line on nationality; there is an everybody else component for people who don't fit the tighter definition.

I did remove the words "like these" to avoid any specific references to a particular person's claim of nationality. Plus, changed "nationals" to "performers" in the introductory sentence, "Daniel Day-Lewis in 2013 and Maureen O'Hara in 2015 were the last two Irish performers..."

As a result of these changes and few others tweaks. I am speaking more generally about the topic now. The scope remains the same including the collective Irish of "Irish nationals and the Irish diaspora" which should avoid any hair-splitting.

@Peter_pbn​,

Irish nationality law is contained in the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts 1956 to 2004 and in the relevant provisions of the Irish Constitution. A person may be an Irish citizen through birth, descent, marriage to an Irish citizen or through naturalisation. The law grants citizenship to individuals born in Northern Ireland under the same conditions as those born in the Republic of Ireland.

Irish nationality law