(CNN)There’s a joke that Conor McGregor didn’t “just kiss the Blarney Stone, he swallowed it,” though his life story provides plenty of material to wax lyrical about.
His transformation from an apprentice plumber in Dublin, the Irish capital, signing on for weekly dole payments, to the multimillionaire, worldwide superstar epitomizes the American dream.
McGregor’s journey to global superstardom and immense wealth began in Crumlin, a quiet suburb on the Southside of the River Liffey which splits Dublin in half.
