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It depends on your definition of "Irish":
if you mean of Gaelic Catholic Irish then it would be John F. Kennedy.
If you choose to include the "Ulster Scots" ("Scotch-Irish") as "Irish" then the answer is Andrew Jackson.
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Which US President is called a minority president?
Some people refer to the current US President, Barack Obama as a minority President because he is of his Afro American heritage. Even though his mother is considered a "white" person, it does not matter. This is because never has a US President had a dual heritage, thus "minority" is still a logical term to use.
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Who was the first president of the us to have and Irish back round?
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