Trivia

He took the role of Darth Vader on a promotional tour for Star Wars. Episodio I: La amenaza fantasma (1999) in association with LucasFilm & Aiken Promotions, after being spotted by Peter Aiken who was looking for a big guy to fill Darth's boots.

He has provided Personal Security for U2's Bono on several occasions and also Denise Van Outen.

He picked up his nickname "The Irish Curse" wrestling in the USA in 2002 after taking down a few opponents behind the referee's back with lethal low blows to that vital area where the sun-don't-shine! In Boston & New York The Irish Curse phrase refers to a guy who has had too much alcohol to perform in the bedroom department and was also used in that context in the movie Good Will Hunting.

He is a Liverpool FC fan.

He got talent spotted for a role in violent Irish movie 3Crosses after the film's producer, Jonathan Figgis, spotted him at a title match against Drew Galloway in The Laughter Lounge, Dublin in 2006. While shooting 3Crosses Sheamus' co-star Hytham Martin forgot to pull one of his punches with a metal chain wrapped around his fist leaving a two inch gash across the bridge of his nose.

Whilst choreographing & rehearsing the big fight scene for prison break movie The Escapist starring Joseph Fiennes & Brian Cox, Fiennes caught Sheamus with a full-force elbow in the mouth. The handsome actor was more shocked about the incident than a blood soaked SOS who just laughed off the blow. Ironically in the movie Fiennes is supposed to knock out Sheamus' character Two Ton's front tooth!.

He did not want to involve leprechauns or four-leaf clovers into his persona, and rather portrayed himself as a Warrior.

From 1999-2007 he worked for a few different IT companies including Symantec and Hartford Life in Dublin.

While working his IT jobs he made CAT-5 cables and used Ghost to image machines.

Was a member of the boys' choir until he was 13.

As part of Irish Whip Wrestling, Sheamus, McIntyre and Barrett were all part of the same organization and actually competed quite a bit around Europe. Sheamus and McIntyre had countless matches around the continent before they made the jump to the WWE.

Won the Slammy for 2009 Breakout Superstar of the Year.

Sheamus played both rugby and Gaelic football in his university years. He played rugby for the National College of Ireland, where he received a National Diploma, and Gaelic football for the Erin's Isle team, where he performed so well that he was once named "Sports Star of the Month.".

When Sheamus came to the ring as a member of the security team to get DX in order, he got a pedigree from the same man who would push so hard to get Sheamus a huge push.