Why do Irish like Barack Obama?

Answer 1

Ireland has few black residents, so the Irish were amused to learn that Barack Obama actually has Irish relatives, on his mother's side of the family (Mr. Obama is biracial, with his father's side coming from Africa, and his mother's side, white people from Kansas who are of British and Irish ancestry). In 2011, on an official visit to Ireland, President Obama was able to meet his Irish relatives, and the media found this a very entertaining story.