Reply #20: Here's some truth, and it's no blarney:

[Liberty Belle]

Two of the presidential candidates claim a wee bit ‘o the Irish:

Although McCain has the most Irish name, you’d have to go back to 1719 to find McCain’s Irish ancestor:
http://uhblog.ulsterheritage.com/2008/01/senator-john-mccain-and-ireland.html

Surprise! Obama appears to have the most Irish heritage of any candidate, though you still have to go back quite a ways to find his tie to the old sod:

To coincide with St Patrick's Day this Saturday, it has been revealed that Barack Obama's maternal great great great Grandfather arrived on a ship to America from Liverpool, England.
And, yes, his birthplace was listed as Ireland.

http://2008obama.blogspot.com/2007/03/barack-obama-has-irish-heritage-too.html

More here:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1512094.ece


Hillary has no Irish ancestry that I could find:

Her father, Hugh Ellsworth Rodham, was a son of Welsh and English immigrants<6> and operated a small but successful business in the textile industry.<7> Her mother, Dorothy Emma Howell, of English, Scottish, French Canadian, and Welsh descent,<8> was a homemaker.<5[br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Rodham_Clinton

She and Bill Clinton have, however, been honored for contributions to the Irish community: http://www.irishabroad.com/news/irish-voice/entertainment/Articles/Top-100-Irish-Americans150308.aspx

On the other hand, Nobel Prize winner calls Hillary’s Irish peace claim “silly”:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3215410