Barack Obama's Irish Ancestry

By Staff

Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 16:35

Obama's great-great-great-grandfather, Falmouth Kearney, is said to have sailed aboard the Marmion from Liverpool on March 20, 1850, with ideas of settling in Ohio according to Ancestry.com,

According to The New York Daily News, Kearney's roots can be traced back to the villages of Moneygall and Shinrone in County Offaly, Ireland.

Also, Joe Biden's ancestors have said to have arrived in the U.S almost at the same time as Obama's Irish family which could be within six months of the latter's arrival. Both also shared the same vocation. They were shoemakers by trade.

Meanwhile, On Saint Patrick's Day Obama is meeting with Irish political leaders for maintaining peace despite dissidents violence in Northern Ireland. Obama is to meet the Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen in the Oval office and also with the

Obama plans to meet with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen in the Oval Office, and then with Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson and his deputy, Martin McGuinness, in his national security adviser's office on Tuesday.