… and another thing

Obama’s Irish roots

January

Another caller wanted to make sure I knew about Obama’s Irish roots.

Obama’s great-great-great-grandfather, Fulmuth Kearney, was raised in Moneygall, then left for America in 1850.

He was 19 and—this I didn’t know—according to the Liverpool Echo, he sailed from Liverpool aboard the S.S. Marmion.

You can read about it “here.”:http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:Teq8PCBf—oJ:www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-life/liverpool-lifestyle/2008/11/05/barack-obama-s-road-to-presidency-started-in-liverpool-100252-22188110/+liverpool+echo+obama+nov.+5&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a

More about Moneygall from the “Washington Post.”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/12/AR2007051201551.html

This entry was posted on Monday, January 19th, 2009 at 3:50 pm by Noreen O'Donnell.
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