Barack Obama's Irish Heritage

October 30, 2008 RSS Feed Print

OK, this is terribly self-indulgent, even for someone named Aloysius.

And admittedly tenuous, even for a people known for stretching ancestral relationships to extremes.

But it turns out that Barack Obama...is Irish.

Saints be praised! Who knew?

On his mother's side, don't you know. (Thanks to the lovely Irish-American writer Caledonia Kearns for the tip.)

Now, everybody, sing along! From the ol' Blarney Stone to the green hills of Tara... There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama....

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My grandmother was a Kearney from Ireland. I might be related to the President!

Fran Dorr of MI 10:56PM May 20, 2011

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diamontina of LA 4:00AM June 07, 2010

Obama is irish????? wow that was unexpected.

Eddie of 9:45AM March 17, 2010