Barack O’bama traces Irish roots to Offaly
The Irish American vote has been as crucial to any successful race for the White House as a good head on a pint and it looks as if the drinks might be on Mr Obama yet.
He was born on August 4, 1961, in Hawaii to Barack Obama Sr and Ann Dunham. But to get to the Irish root of the family tree, it’s necessary to travel back in time to the 1700s when the largest US city was Philadelphia, with 42,000 persons.
