The ancestors go back a bit further than the Kenyan kin of US President-elect Barack Obama, but the house that his great-great-great grandfather left in 1850, in County Offaly, is still standing, and the Irish are worried that it won’t be ready to receive him if he comes to visit. Irish Times
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 16 January 2009 at 23:59, last updated on 17 January 2009 at 0:02 |
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News story, GenevaLunch, 16 January 2009.
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Tags: Barack Obama, County Offaly, Irish ancestors
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