Here's something that might surprise you about Ireland's most popular band, U2 -- The Edge wasn't an Irish citizen until yesterday.
When he was just a one-year-old Dave Evans, he and his family moved from Wales to Ireland, but he never became a citizen. Monday in Killarney he was among thousands of people conferred with Irish citizenship.
After the ceremony The Edge told reporters it was "a monumental day for all of us. I guess, you know, I’m a little tardy with the paperwork. I’ve been living in Ireland now since I was one year old. But the time is right. And I couldn’t be more proud of my country for all that it represents and all that it is doing.
"It’s showing real leadership right now in the world and it couldn’t come at a better moment for me, so I am just so happy to be at this point to be in even deeper connection with my homeland...
"Honestly, there were many moments in the past when I could have done it with just the form to be filled out but I’m happy it’s now. It feels more significant.”
He said it’s "more meaningful" now because of “what is going on in the world right now, what Ireland stands for -- it’s very powerful."