The Irish side of Barack O'bama

With the Presidential Election and St. Patrick's Day coming up here is an interesting tidbit about Barack.

While the name Obama isn't exactly Irish, you may be surprised to know that Barack Obama may have some Irish roots. According to a Reuters article, the rector for the parish of Moneygall in a small village in central Ireland has come across documents that indicate Barack Obama's great-great-great grandfather might have fled Ireland for New York in 1850. Falmuth Kearney, left Ireland along with millions of other starving Irish to escape the great potato blight on so called "famine ships". Kearney moved to Ohio and finally Indiana where he raised 8 children, one of which is Obama's great-great grandmother.

Therefore, while Barack may have been born to a white mother and Kenyan father in Hawaii, he now can claim Irish decent just like 30 million of his other US countrymen. Barack Obama's heritage epitomizes diversity and that may be just what America needs in a leader right now.

If you what to support Obama's Irish heritage and maybe your own, then check out this great O'bama 2008 design.