In a rush of patriotic fervour, last night saw Michael Collins return to our screen in triumphant fashion and, sure enough, everyone was out with the phones Twittering away.
Whether it was Julia Roberts' genuinely atrocious accent, the fact that Liam Neeson now murders people with increasing regularity or wondering where Aidan Quinn's gone, it was all fair game.
Here's the ten best tweets from the night.
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Where did the Healy-Raes get the idea from?
9.
Charles Dance should get an Oscar for playing a bastard.
8.
THE IRISH ALWAYS PAY THEIR DEBTS, YOU TAN BASTARD
7.
The shade of it all.
6.
Admit it. You'd vote Michael Collins in an instant.
5.
We all needed to be prepared, in fairness.
4.
They just had it lying around for the whole thing.
3.
Actually, weirdly enough, her family owned the Greville Arms Hotel in Mullingar. SO NOW.
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Fun fact - Garda Immigration uses Sinead O'Connor's rendition of She Moved Through The Fair to test for Irish DNA. If you tear up in under five seconds, you're allowed into the country.
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Wait, she isn't?