Some would say you are 12.5% or one eight Irish. Others would say you are 0% Irish and that it is only your great grand dad was Irish, if you were not born in and lived in Ireland like your great grand dad did.
Fear dóighiúil
I was born in Ireland! Have Irish parents, grandparents, great-grandparents. I'd say that's why I'm Irish!
Daniel O'Connell.
In Irish it's "fear leighis"
Maith an fear, a Nollaig!
A bheith ina fear maith
In Irish, Danar (mór);in Scottish Gaelic:
Comhghairdeas le Gaillimh.
Actually, President Obama did not claim he was Irish, except in jest. He did say honestly that on his mother's side, he has at least one Irish relative (a great-great-great-great-great grandfather) whose descendants live in the village of Moneygall; interestingly, he did not know much about these relatives till 2007. That said, politicians are always claiming to be one thing or another to make a good impression or to express their empathy for a particular group. Since Obama is black, he was probably attempting to be good-humored (since most people do not expect a black man named Barack Obama to have any Irish relatives); but he did tell reporters he was proud to learn more about his Irish ancestry, and hoped to connect with those relatives while visiting Ireland in 2011.
It is Meán Fómhair, and is pronounced man four.
"lá iontach" or "lá ar dóigh"