12-07-2025
Lá Fhéile PIERS'; Outspoken British broadcaster Piers Morgan is soon to become 'Proud Irish man'
Outspoken British Broadcaster Piers Morgan, has big plans to become a bona fide Paddy.
The London-based Morgan, can trace his roots back to Galway and Offaly and the former tabloid editor says he will proudly assume the BIFFO moniker.
Despite being born and raised in England, Morgan has recently initiated the process of obtaining Irish citizenship, due to his father's Irish heritage. TV personality Piers Morgan (Photo by)
His biological father, Vincent Eamonn O'Meara, who died when Piers was just a year old, was an Irish dentist from Galway. But Morgan says his familial connection to Ireland runs deep and he has a particular affinity with Brian Cowen's home county of Offaly.
'I can plausibly deny being a fully paid-up Biffo,' Morgan said in a recent interview. Piers Morgan. Photo: Getty.
The controversial TV host also revealed this week that he is on the road to solidifying his Irish-ness and obtaining an Irish passport.
And lest anyone accuse the outspoken YouTube star of capitalising on his Irish-ness in a post-Brexit world Morgan has long since trumpeted his Celtic roots. Piers Morgan. Pic: Neil Mockford/GC Images
In an interview last week the typically irascible Morgan informed the nation of Ireland,
'My connection to Offaly is only that my aunt, my father's sister, moved to Banagher where my cousins grew up. So I'm not actually a proper Biffo at all. But my DNA – and I got it tested – is predominantly Irish. Whether Ireland wants that or not, you're getting it.' Piers Morgan and Ryan Tubridy. Pic: Piers Morgan/Twitter
In 2018 Morgan posted a picture to his Twitter feed of himself draped in the tricolour with the accompanying caption stating: 'Seems a good moment to remind everyone I'm Irish'.
Then the following year in 2019 Morgan said he is by birthright a proud Irishman saying 'I was born in England and support England at sport, but I have zero English DNA and am Irish by blood and birthright,' he tweeted in 2019. Piers Morgan. Pic: X
So while Ireland may or may not like it, we may have to make room for one more, as Piers Morgan, or Paddy Morgan, may soon be a bona fide Irish passport holder.
