LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 08: The Edge appears at the Los Angeles premiere of the Disney+ Music Docu-Special "Bono & The Edge: A Sort Of Homecoming, with Dave Letterman" at The Orpheum Theatre on March 08, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
The Edge, aka U2 guitarist David Howell Evans, has been publicly associated with Ireland for close to five decades. He and his Welsh parents moved to the Emerald Isle from his birthplace of Essex 62 years ago, when he was 1. It’s the only home he’s ever known. But until today, he was not an Irish citizen.
