Editing Patrick Collison (section)

==Early life==
Patrick Collison was born to microbiologist Lily and electronic engineer Denis Collison on 9 September 1988,<ref name=telegraph-20210223>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2021/02/23/two-brothers-rural-ireland-built-115bn-payments-giant/ |title=How two brothers from rural Ireland built a $115bn payments giant |last1=Cogley |first1=Michael |last2=Field |first2=Matthew |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url-access=subscription |date=23 February 2021 |access-date=25 February 2021 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224120114/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2021/02/23/two-brothers-rural-ireland-built-115bn-payments-giant/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=loizou2017>{{Cite web |last=Loizou |first=Kiki |date=26 February 2017 |title=Tech chiefs get too much credit, says Stripe's shy founder |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/technology/article/tech-chiefs-get-too-much-credit-says-stripes-shy-founder-7v3jr57pj |work=[[The Sunday Times]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240615112940/https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/technology/article/tech-chiefs-get-too-much-credit-says-stripes-shy-founder-7v3jr57pj |archive-date=15 June 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> and he and his brothers were brought up in the small village of [[Dromineer]] in [[County Tipperary]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/stripe-payments-apple-amazon-facebook|title=The untold story of Stripe, the secretive $20bn startup driving Apple, Amazon and Facebook|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=5 October 2018|website=Wired|publisher=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|access-date=7 October 2018|archive-date=28 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528124111/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/stripe-payments-apple-amazon-facebook|url-status=live}}</ref> The eldest of three boys, he took his first computer course when he was eight years old, at the [[University of Limerick]], and began learning computer programming at the age of ten.<ref name="Million dollar boy who changed the face of the web">{{cite news|author=John Costello|url=http://www.herald.ie/lifestyle/money/million-dollar-boy-who-changed-the-face-of-the-web-1594088.html|title=Million dollar boy who changed the face of the web|date=7 January 2009|newspaper=[[Evening Herald]]|access-date=24 January 2010|archive-date=29 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929062943/http://www.herald.ie/lifestyle/money/million-dollar-boy-who-changed-the-face-of-the-web-1594088.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Collison was educated in Gaelscoil Aonach Urmhumhan, [[Nenagh]], before attending [[Castletroy College]] in [[Castletroy]], County Limerick.<ref name="Maths project wins Young Scientist"/>