The Academy Awards are only days away and our little island isn't faring too badly this year with six nominations, including Best Film for 'Room', and a Best Director nod for its director, the talented Lenny Abrahamson. While Michael Fassbender and Saoirse Ronan also secured nominations.

Did you know though, that it was actually an Irish man who designed good old Oscar? While George Bernard Shaw is the only person to win both a Nobel Prize and a Oscar.

Sure we're a great lot altogether.

Check out some more facts about Ireland and the Oscar in the handy infograph below...

Courtesy of Littlewoods Ireland.