Only George Clooney could get away with saying that... Of his impending first trip to his ancestral home (of course he's got Irish ancestors - he's American, gawdnammit!) this summer, the actor divulged the following to The Independent:
"I'm embarrassed that I've never properly been there before now. I've been talking about going there for years and Bono has been trying to get me to do a bike ride around Ireland with him. He probably won't be up for that now, but I'm definitely going to make a visit happen this summer. Amal has been several times, so she can show me around."
As it happens, Clooney's Irish ties aren't quite as tenuous as most Americans ("my great-great-great-great- grandfather on my wife's side once bought a pint of Guinness for someone called Mary from Monasterevin, do you know her?"), according to The Indo: "His father's great-great-grandfather Nicholas Clooney came from Co Kilkenny. His paternal grandmother's maiden name was Guilfoyle." And his ancestors made carpets for the Titanic. For realz.
The most notable piece of info is the following: "The name Clooney is an anglicised version of the Irish O Cluanaigh, which translates as a descendant of Clugnach, meaning a rogue or a flatterer."
Hey, if the bróg fits.
Yesterday, Clooney threw a soiree for The Hollywood Foreign Press yesterday in Beverly Hills; it's the least he could do considering they're honouring him with the Cecil B DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Globes this Sunday.
