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It was revealed that Michael Healy-Rae's DNA is pure Cork on the Late Late last night

This couldn’t have worked out better.

Mar 18th 2017, 9:46 AM 7,518 Views 0 Comments

kerryman Source: RTE

THE LATE LATE had an ~interesting~ segment as its main event for its Patrick’s Day episode last night:

They had Maura Derrane, Eamon Dunphy, Jason Byrne and Michael Healy-Rae on to be DNA tested to determine their ancestry.

And sure enough the most stereotypical Kerryman’s DNA turned out to be the most interesting

Source: The Late Late Show/YouTube

He was “100% Irish” but the majority of his DNA wasn’t from Kerry at all… it was from Cork

kerryman2 Source: RTE

Few dots in Kerry but look at that Cork region.

It turned out that Eamon was more Kerry than Michael

kerryman3 Source: RTE

He took the news well though?

“This is car crash television”

kerryman4 Source: RTE

It couldn’t have gone better for those watching at home

Carlsberg don't do St.Patrick's day but Michael Healy Rae being told he's from Cork 😂🙈 #LateLateShow #latelate
— Donna Martin (@DonnaMartin03) March 17, 2017

Source: Donna Martin/Twitter

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We were expecting a set of predictable results, but this shook everything to its core

Hee hee hee...@MHealyRae has been told he's from CORK but he's 100% Irish #LateLateShow
— Maria S (@Maria_Shannon) March 17, 2017

Source: Maria ✏️/Twitter

If there was one man who was relying on a full Kerry DNA, it’s surely Healy-Rae

healyraecork Source: Twitter

The poor Corkonians on my TL are in collective meltdown after THAT #LateLate #LateLateShow revelation that the Healy-Rae DNA is from Cork.
— Carole (Ducky) (@IrPsych) March 17, 2017

Source: Carole (Ducky)/Twitter

So Michael Healy Rae is a 100% Irish 🍀 Cork man lol he won't live that one down!! #latelateshow
— Karl Fitzpatrick ✌ (@Pooknahoon) March 17, 2017

Source: Karl Fitzpatrick ✌/Twitter

Top notch investigative work from Ancestry.ie.

Pure Cork boi.

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It was revealed that Michael Healy-Rae's DNA is pure Cork on the Late Late last night

This couldn’t have worked out better.

And sure enough the most stereotypical Kerryman’s DNA turned out to be the most interesting

He was “100% Irish” but the majority of his DNA wasn’t from Kerry at all… it was from Cork