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Bitter family rift at the heart of Ed Sheeran's Emerald Isle roots: How Suffolk- born singer's beloved grandparents were shunned by loved ones, as he cops backlash for 'identifying culturally' as Irish
While the singer, 34, was born and raised in Suffolk his father John hails from Belfast , and the bitter fall out inspired Ed's song Nancy Mulligan, which reached 13 in the UK charts in 2017.
The devastating family rift at the heart of Ed Sheeran's roots is revealed after he sparked a backlash for claiming he 'identifies culturally' as Irish on the The Louis Theroux Podcast. While the singer, 34, was born and raised in Suffolk his father John hails from Belfast , and the bitter family fall out inspired his 2017 song (Pictured with late grandmother Nancy) Nancy passed away in 2023 aged 98, but Ed was forced to miss her funeral due to his ongoing and highly publicised copyright trial in New York (pictured) - that he eventually won
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