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Piers Morgan proud to be Irish!

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CATHY HAYES,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
Published Sunday, July 25, 2010, 8:04 AM
Updated Sunday, July 25, 2010, 8:15 AM

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Piers Morgan
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Now that Larry King is mercifully being put to pasture at CNN, the smart money says that former British tabloid editor (and current judge on NBC’s America’s Got Talent) Piers Morgan will take his place.

Morgan, the Simon Cowell clone on Talent, a big ratings hit for NBC, is also well-known in the U.K. for his interviewing and writing skills, apart from the antics he got up to when editing the Rupert Murdoch tabloid News of the World.  And the 45-year-old is also quick to talk up his Irish heritage at every opportunity.

Morgan was actually born Piers O’Meara to a father who hailed from Co. Offaly. His dad died when he was only a year old, and when mom remarried a Welshman Piers was given the surname Pughe-Morgan.

Morgan was one of the soccer fans who freaked out last year when France’s Thierry Henry flagrantly abused the rules, costing Ireland a place in the World Cup.  And though he let Henry know it in his Daily Mail sports column, Morgan tempered his criticism a bit to let fly on his real nemesis – Irish soccer icon Roy Keane.

“As an Irishman, I simply wanted (Henry’s) devious little Gallic torso dismembered over the Champs-Elysees at first light.  But then, just as my pencil was being sharpened to commit heresy, Roy Keane entered the debate, like the snarling, vile, putrid pitdog that he is,” wrote Morgan last year.

Keane, he added, is a “humorless, nasty, violent, foul-mouthed, selfish, disloyal thug who injures opponents, walks away from his country in the middle of a World Cup, abuses all and sundry, and resides on a Citizen Kane-style pedestal of egotistical, lonely, unjustified self-adoration.”

Imagine old Larry over at CNN letting fly with such vitriol? CNN just might get interesting again once Morgan comes on board.

English fans were none too pleased that Morgan described himself in his column as Irish when discussing Henry and Keane. 'My father was Vincent Eamonn O'Mara from Co. Offaly . . . My mother (Gabrielle) was one of the Irish clan of Cantophers. Surely anyone aware of my drinking habits would know I'm Irish!” he said.

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KatiePerry | Jul 04, 2011, 05:08 AM EDT
If his birth father,who was born in Ireland,passed away when he was only one and his step-father was Welch and he was raised in England would one really consider that "Irish"? Blood is pretty thick...but I think he's really English,born & bred.

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heypaddy | Feb 18, 2011, 09:38 AM EST
Great, We have another "BIFFO" for those that don't know that means "Big Ignorant Fecker from Offaly", Joke! Fair play to Piers he's making a great go of it, I hope he makes a fortune, opportunities only come around once, so he should milk the lining daylights out of it. "Go to America, Just like Paddy's Day Everyone wants to be Irish".

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ardgehane | Aug 01, 2010, 01:27 PM EDT
I won't be watching this Oscar Wilde wanna-be.

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formuls | Jul 26, 2010, 08:37 AM EDT
Always have to make a comment about being Irish and drinking. Do the English drink?

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Schenck2 | Jul 26, 2010, 03:08 AM EDT
We used to think Piers Morgan was pomp-poss & ego-maniacal, however, we found he did have a heart after all when we heard it beating for American soldiers. As we have continued to watch him, we have found him to be more likable. He has evolved and so have we. We almost look forward to him. We'd watch.

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GeorgeDillon | Jul 26, 2010, 02:20 AM EDT
If he hates Roy Keane he can't be all bad!

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Searlit | Jul 25, 2010, 02:49 PM EDT
I liked piers on the Celebrity Apprentice, he seemed so different, rather kindly, I thought. On America's got talent he's funny, but can be very callous! We all have are dark side. I really think the British could drink anyone under the table.

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galway2001 | Jul 25, 2010, 02:03 PM EDT
not all irish are drinkers would he say that if he was english

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offalymike | Jul 25, 2010, 09:07 AM EDT
of course he is irish , his father is from offaly ,how much more irish can you get , offaly mike.

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