Offaly celebrates Barack Obama election
While there may not have been the incredible numbers that took to the streets across America to mark Barack Obama's historic win, the people of Moneygall in Ireland were no less enthusiastic in their celebrations.
Ollie Hayes' bar on the main street was the place to be last night as the small Offaly village was glued to the TV screens watching as the results came through from about midnight Irish team.
The headline act on the night were Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys who following their success with 'There's no one as Irish as Barack Obama' gave a world first performance of their new song 'When Barack Obama comes back to Moneygall'.
The President elect has already been invited to visit his ancestral home in by fellow Offaly man, Taoiseach Brian Cowen.
The Taoiseach sent a message of congratulation to his fellow Offaly man early this morning complimenting him on his remarkable win.
Barack Obama is descended from the son a shoemaker who hailed from Moneygall before emigrating to the US.
Fulmuth Kearney, Barack Obama's great-great-great grandfather, was 19 when he emigrated in 1850 to escape the Famine, making Barack Obama just over 3% an Offalian.
According to the website ancestry.com, Falmouth married, had eight children, and eventually moved to Indiana
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