Pierce Brosnan was never told the identity of his biological father.
Pierce Brosnan’s father left the family when he was only a few months old. Thus, his mother raised him alone. His mother, May Smith, was his primary caregiver up until he became 4 years old.
Brosnan stated, “I was never able to meet my father.” When I was a young child, my biological father deserted my mother and my grandparents, and it was they who reared me. Being a Catholic in the 1950s, mainly an Irish Catholic in the 1950s, and having a marriage that was not there as well as a father who was not there caused a great deal of suffering for the mother and the woman of the household. My mother possessed a great deal of bravery throughout her life. She took the bold step of relocating to England to pursue a nursing career there. Wishing for a more fulfilling life for both myself and her. My mother would visit either once or twice a year, but it depended on the weather.