Obama: A Tale of Irish Wigmakers, Shoemakers & Oratorical Bishops

Obama: A Tale of Irish Wigmakers, Shoemakers & Oratorical Bishops

Barack Obama descends from an Irish shoemaker who emigrated to Ohio in 1850 when the family wig-making business dissolved in Ireland. This story looks at his unlikely links to the Kearney dynasty, one of whom was Provost of Trinity College Dublin, as well as the de...