Posted on 09/08/2009 1:19:42 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
'Lost Tomb' of President Obama's Irish Ancestor Found in Cathedral Obama's Sixth Generation Grand Uncle Was Bishop of Kearney
Sept. 8, 2009—
A mystery revolving around President Barack Obama's Irish roots was solved when a tomb containing the remains of Obama's Irish ancestor was discovered in the Irish medieval city of Kilkenny.
After a painstaking search, film maker Gabriel Murray, who is in the process of making a documentary on Obama's Irish roots, finally found "Obama's Lost Tomb" inside the 13th century St. Canice's Cathedral.
Murray, along with Cathedral assistant Frances Moore, used a centuries-old map to identify a hidden vault under the floor of St. Canice's. They deciphered the Latin on the hundreds of tombs inside the vault, when they came across Bishop John Kearney's resting place, number 19 on the map, just 20 yards from the main entrance.
"I have to admit it was very exciting and it was great to finally prove conclusively that Barack Obama's sixth generation grand uncle was the Bishop of Ossory and a former provost of Trinity College who died in Kilkenny city at the Bishop's Palace in 1813. It is now the headquarters of the Heritage Council," Murray told the Kilkenny People.
"The Palace is the site of the only building in existence that is directly linked to Bishop John Kearney and so to Obama," the historian added.
Obama's links to Moneygall, County Offaly were established during his presidential run. His great-great-great grandfather on his mother's side, Fulmouth Kearney, was born and grew up there before emigrating to the U.S. in 1850.
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you win the prize!
Ah hah! - I bet there is no death certificate either.
O’Bama
Was there a great deal of evidence of turning over in his grave/tomb?
Ah, you can pick your friends but not your relatives.
Black Irish...
Sure. Of course rather than joining the church, most of todays black Irish play football in South Bend.
He may be Irish himself. I don’t watch the show myself, but I have seen partial transcripts of his dislike. (Maybe I should have said Irish-Americans. I am not really sure how he divides them. For example, he went on a rant when that Henry Gates incident happened this summer, about the cop, that he must be evil and a racist because he was Irish-American.
I understand that the correct spelling of Hussein’s last name is really O’Bama.
Reminds me of Hillary’s Jewish roots....
Sho nuff!?
They can trace back Obama’s heritage to 1813, but we can’t get his flipping BC, transcripts, etc.
Hmmm, so wonder if we are now supposed to trust his meddling in middle east because his background is not muslim but Irish?
Golly Gee! He’s part Irish! That’s why he sent back the bust of Churchill. /s.
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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
You don't believe me, I hear you say
But Barack's as Irish, as was JFK
His granddaddy'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 old blarney stone to the great hill of Tara
There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama
2008 the White House is green,
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 are cheering in Texas and in 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 and they came by car,
to celebrate Barack in Ollie Hayes’s Bar
O'Leary, O'Reilly, O'Hare and O'Hara
There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama
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LLS
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