Place of Birth: Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland
Date of Birth: 4 May 1989
Ethnicity: Northern Irish
Family info: Rory McIlroy is a Northern Irish professional golfer. He is the current World Number One.
McIlroy is the only child of Rosie (née McDonald) and Gerry McIlroy.
McIlroy was raised Catholic and has self-identified as Irish, Northern Irish, and British, to which he carries a British passport, although he usually shows reluctance to be drawn into debate on his nationality.
In 2012, he expressed an interest in representing Great Britain (as opposed to Ireland) in golf at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games, where golf will become an Olympic event for the first time since 1904. However in January 2013, McIlroy was considering the options of playing for Britain or Ireland or not playing at all, stating; “I just think being from where we’re from, we’re placed in a very difficult position. I feel Northern Irish and obviously being from Northern Ireland you have a connection to Ireland and a connection to the UK. If I could and there was a Northern Irish team I’d play for Northern Ireland. Play for one side or the other – or not play at all because I may upset too many people… Those are my three options I’m considering very carefully.”
He declared on 18 June 2014 that he would play for Ireland, if he qualifies.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_McIlroy