United Kingdom, June 24 -- U2 guitarist The Edge has become an Irish citizen.

The 63-year-old guitarist was born in Essex, East England, but moved to Ireland as a young child and on Monday (23.06.25), he was officially conferred along with thousands of other new citizens during a ceremony in Killarney, Co. Kerry, which he hailed as "a monumental day for all of us."

According to Irish outlet The Journal, he told reports afterwards: "I guess, you know, I'm a little tardy with the paper work.

"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 co...