Gibson was born in a family of Irish Catholics, was the sixth of eleven children. His first name was in honor of St. Mel, patron of Ardagh (eng.), from whence was the mother of the future actor[1]; and the second name (Colm-Cille) coincides with the Irish saints Columba[2] and the estate in Longford, where he grew up by his mother. In 1968, the Gibsons moved to Australia, where they had five more children. This was preceded by what the father, lost his job, sued the company 145 000 dollars for a