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Adam Charles Clayton was born to parents Brian and Jo at Chinnor in Oxfordshire, England on 13th March He lived briefly in Kenya and then at the age of 5, his family moved to Yellow Walls Road in Malahide near Dublin, where sister Sarah and brother Sebastian were born.

Adam was sent to St. Columba's boarding school due to the nature of his father's job (as a pilot) which meant that the family could be called away at very short notice. Adam hated it and never felt at home in the very disciplined environment there.

He left at age 16 (having apparently been expelled for poor academic performance), at which time he began attending Mount Temple Comprehensive which was located nearby in Malahide.

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It was Ireland's first non-denominational, co-educational comprehensive school and was much more tolerant of Adam's often eccentric behaviour.

Always a rebellious character, Adam had no interest in schoolwork, much to his parents' dismay.

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