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He was born in Harrow FFS sake, it doesn't matter whether his dad was Ghanaian and his mum Tahitian, being born in England makes you English.

Not necessarily. Tell this to the likes of Kevin Kilbane, born and raised in England but always wanted to play for Ireland, and even turned up to an England underage trial in an Ireland jersey! The only reason Ciaran was born in England is because his dad couldn't get work in Ireland at the time. And what about the likes of McGrath? He was born in England, but nobody would ever say he's not Irish.

I'm half Scot half English with the lineage to play for Ireland, but that lad is 3/4 English with a paddy grandma.

Not quite true

http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/donegalsport/Clark-signs-the-dotted-line.5890651.jp

Although London born and an England underage international, Clark has stong Donegal connections. He is the grandson of Vera Clark, originally from Moyle Hill in Milford, but presently living in Manorcunningham.

Ciaran's father Michael, although born in Edinburgh when his family were working in Scotland for a time, is a former student of Drummond National School in Ballyare and played for Milford United under Fr Michael Herrity as a teenager.

Michael eventually decided to move to England to find work and his wife Peggy, from Drumshambo, Co Leitrim, who trained as a nurse in Letterkenny General Hospital, left with him in early 1989. Michael now works with the London Underground, although makes the trip home on two or three occasions a year to visit his sizable extended family that includes the McGinleys, Lynaghs, McMonagles, Sweeneys and McCuskers.