Famous Irish Americans

As another post in my series on the Irish experience leading up to St. Patrick's Day, I'll focus on some famous Irish Americans, which is my ancestry (see tag below). You can see a list of eighty of them with brief biographies right here. I really think my great grandfather deserves to be on one of these lists, as I've mentioned before. Nonetheless, let me just highlight two of them below: Bing Crosby, and believe it or not, President Barack Obama.

Here's a video of some of them:



To refresh you about actor and singer Bing Crosby see his Wikipedia page. This is his most famous Irish song:



Then it's been shown that President Barack Obama has Irish blood in him. He has Irish roots in Moneygall, County, Offaly. Here is a funny song about him that made me laugh, called “There’s No One As Irish As Barack Obama.” This song is a huge hit on YouTube.



Sing along now (This is one of two versions):

O’Leary, O’Reilly, O’Hare and O’Hara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama

You don’t believe me, I hear you say
But Barack’s as Irish as was JFK
His grandaddy’s daddy came from Moneygall
A small Irish village, well known to you all

Toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a loo toor a lama
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama

He’s as Irish as bacon, and cabbage and stew
He’s Hawaiian, he’s Kenyan, American too
He’s in the White House, he took his chance
Now let’s see Barack do Riverdance

Toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a loo toor a lama
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama

From Kerry and Cork to old Donegal
Let’s hear it for Barack from old Moneygall
From the lakes of Killarney to old Connemara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama

O’Leary, O’Reilly, O’Hare and O’Hara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama
From the ould Blarney stone to the green hills of Tara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama

Two thousand and eight, the White House is free
They’re cheering in Mayo, and in Skibereen
The Irish in Kenya and in Yokahama
Are cheering for president Barack O’Bama

O’Leary, O’Reilly, O’Hare and O’Hara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama

The hockey mom’s gone, and so is McCain
They’re cheering in Texas and Borrisokane
In Moneygall town, the greatest of drama
For our famous president, Barack O’Bama

Toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a loo toor a lama
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama

The great Stephen Neill a great man of God
He proved that Barack was from the auld sod
They came by bus, they came by car
To celebrate Barack, in Ollie Hayes’ bar

O’Leary, O’Reilly, O’Hare and O’Hara
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama

Toor a loo, toor a loo, toor a loo toor a lama
There’s no one as Irish as Barack O’Bama

Repeat!
Finally, this is a list of the Top Ten Irish movies. As a kid I loved Disney's "Darby O'Gill and the Little People." Here is another list of the top ten.

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