Being half-Irish, St. Patty's Day has always been special to me. So what better time to share a couple of my favorite genealogical adventures, both involving Ireland?! And what better place to start than the intersection of both stories -- a letter from then candidate Barack Obama that I had the privilege to read at the memorial dedication for Annie Moore last October:
Obama Acknowledges His Irish Roots
Irish America article - "A New Dawn in American Politics"
Irish America article - "A Celtic Cross for Annie Moore"
Ancestry Magazine article - "The Quest for Obama's Irish Roots"
Irish Times article - "Ellis Island's first immigrant honoured" by Lucy Kennedy
Cleveland Plain Dealer article - "Presidential candidate Obama has Irish kin in southern Ohio"
Newsweek article - "O'Bama? Why Irish Eyes are Smiling" by Carl Sullivan
AFP - Google News - Obama, Biden descended from Irish cobblers: researcher
Irish Echo Online - "Annie will finally get her marker"
The Washington Post - "Tiny Irish Village Is Latest Place to Claim Obama as Its Own" by Mary Jordan
Irish Times - "Moneygall is Offaly pleased with Obama connection" by Mark Rodden
The New York Times - "Story of the First Through Ellis Island Is Rewritten" by Sam Roberts
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