Editing The Edge (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:President Bill Clinton and musician the Edge look at a book.jpg|thumb|The Edge with his wife [[Morleigh Steinberg]], Bono's wife [[Ali Hewson]], and [[Bill Clinton]]]]
Evans was raised as a [[Protestantism|Protestant]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 May 2016|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/u2s-the-edge-being-protestant-in-an-ostensibly-catholic-country-it-felt-strange-34692060.html|title=U2's The Edge: 'Being Protestant in an ostensibly Catholic country... it felt strange'|work=[[Belfast Telegraph]]}}</ref> and was, along with fellow band members Bono and Mullen, involved with non-denominational Christian group the Shalom Fellowship as an adult.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/church-u2|title=The Church of U2|first=Joshua|last=Rothman|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|access-date=14 November 2020}}</ref>

Evans married his secondary school girlfriend, Aislinn O'Sullivan, on 12 July 1983.<ref>McCormick (2006), p. 144</ref> They have three daughters named Hollie (born 1984), Arran (born 1985), and Blue Angel (born 1989).<ref name="edge-bio" /> The couple separated in 1990; Ireland did not have a provision for divorce at that time but divorce was [[Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|legalised in 1995]] and the couple divorced in 1996.<ref name="edge-bio" /> In 1993, he began dating [[Morleigh Steinberg]], an American professional dancer who was employed by U2 as a choreographer and dancer during the [[Zoo TV Tour]]. They have a daughter and a son. The couple married in [[Nice]], France,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-24 |title=Michael Stipe Reviews His 35 Greatest Fits: "This Was the F***ing Coolest Jacket on Earth" |url=https://www.gq.com/gallery/michael-stipes-greatest-fits |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=GQ |language=en-US}}</ref> in 2002.<ref name="edge-bio" />

In 1992, the Edge and Bono bought and refurbished Dublin's two-star 70-bedroom [[Clarence Hotel]], and converted it into a five-star 49-bedroom hotel.<ref name=ClarenceHotel>The Clarence Hotel. (Unknown last update). [http://www.theclarence.ie/dublin_hotel ''At the Clarence''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705234423/http://theclarence.ie/dublin_hotel |date=5 July 2007 }}. Retrieved 4 July 2007.</ref> In 2019, they sold the hotel leasehold, but they continue to own the building with [[Paddy McKillen Sr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/reviews/hotel-reviews/the-clarence-hotel-review-a-beautiful-day-for-revamped-u2-hotel-42354847.html|title=The Clarence hotel review - a beautiful day for revamped U2 hotel|website=[[Irish Independent]]|first=Nicola|last=Brady|date=25 February 2023|access-date=25 February 2023}}</ref>

Evans has been criticised for his efforts to build five luxury mansions on a 156-acre (63.13-hectare) plot of land in [[Malibu, California]].<ref name="u2-plans">{{Cite news |date=18 June 2011|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/u2-stars-plans-push-malibu-over-the-edge-2299306.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/u2-stars-plans-push-malibu-over-the-edge-2299306.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=U2 star's plans push Malibu over the edge |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> The [[California Coastal Commission]] voted 8–4 against his plans. The [[Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy]] agreed to remain neutral on the issue following a $1 million donation from Evans and a commitment to designate 100 acres of the land as open space for public footpaths.<ref name="u2-plans"/>

The Edge reportedly has a net worth of £330 million.<ref name="edge-telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/interviews/edge-going-difficult-break-u2/|title='Bono gets too much for me sometimes...'|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|first=Neil|last=McCormick|date=4 March 2023|at=sec. Review, pp. 4–5|access-date=5 March 2023|url-access=registration}}</ref>