Since When Was Doyle Brunson Irish?

Anyhow, according to Mike, there are at least seven players still flying the Irish flag, and he was able to confirm chip counts on a few of them:
Roy Brindley = 32,000
Sylvester Geoghegan = 23,000
Tony Cooney = 85,000
Dave Callaghan = 40,000
Marty Smyth = 18,000
Donnacha O'Dea
Doyle Brunson
Hoooooooold up... let's go back a second. Doyle Brunson?! Since when was he Irish?? Mike then went on to try and claim Hoyt Corkins, Andy Bloch, and any other American player who wandered into the vicinity... Sigh!