Editing Peter O'Toole (section)

=== Ireland ===
The son of an Irishman, O’Toole had a strong affinity with Ireland and on occasion referred to himself as Irish:  “I consider myself to be an Irishman but I have lived most of my life in England so I am fairly bogus Irish actor as such”.<ref>{{cite news |title=Irish Man Bogus Irish Actor 1963 |url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2013/1216/493136-peter-otoole/ |work=[[RTÉ]]}}</ref> In an interview with [[Charlie Rose]] in 1992 he said Irishness was “almost the centre of my very being” and that “Everything I think of is coloured by its history, by its literature, by its people, by its geography”. He recalls that he was “a bit of a misfit, a bit of an odd man out” but that when he went to [[County Kerry]], Ireland in 1946 he realized “I wasn’t different at all”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Guidera |first1=Anita |title=Peter the Great |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/peter-the-great/29855638.html |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=22 December 2013}}</ref>

He possessed an Irish passport and believed he may have been born in [[Connemara]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Meagher |first1=John |title=President leads tributes to Peter O'Toole, a legend fiercely proud of his Irish heritage |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/president-leads-tributes-to-peter-otoole-a-legend-fiercely-proud-of-his-irish-heritage/29840800.html |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=16 December 2013}}</ref> He owned a house in Ireland located in [[Clifden]], [[County Galway]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wapshott |first1=Nicholas |title=Peter O'Toole: A Biography |date=1984 |publisher=Beaufort Books |page=198}}</ref> In 1969 he met future Irish president [[Michael D. Higgins]] and the two developed a friendship.<ref>{{cite news |title=President Higgins pays tribute to 'genius' of late Peter O'Toole |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/president-higgins-pays-tribute-to-genius-of-late-peter-o-toole-1.1800246 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=18 May 2014}}</ref>

His son Lorcan was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1983. He told his friends that he wanted him to be "raised as an Irishman".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sellars |first1=Robert |title=Peter O'Toole: The Definitive Biography |date=2015 |publisher=Pan Macmillan |page=272}}</ref>