Bitter family rift at the heart of Ed Sheeran's Emerald Isle roots: How Suffolk- born singer's beloved grandparents were shunned by loved ones, as he cops backlash for 'identifying culturally' as Irish

While the singer, 34, was born and raised in Suffolk his father John hails from Belfast , and the bitter fall out inspired Ed's song Nancy Mulligan, which reached 13 in the UK charts in 2017.