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Main article: List of Irish-American actors

At least twenty-three presidents of the United States have some Irish/Northern Irish (Scots-Irish American) ancestral origins[1], although the extent of this varies. For example, both of Andrew Jackson's parents were Irish born while George W. Bush has a rather distant Irish ancestry. President Kennedy had far stronger Irish origins, which fell much closer in terms of date. Also Ronald Reagan's father had some Irish Catholic ancestry, and his mother some Scots-Irish. James K. Polk also had Scots-Irish Ancestry. Only Kennedy was raised as a practicing Catholic.

St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
  1. George Washington 1st President[2]
  2. Andrew Jackson, 7th President 1829-37
  3. James Knox Polk, 11th President 1845-49
  4. James Buchanan, 15th President 1857-61
  5. Andrew Johnson, 17th president 1865-69
  6. Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President 1869-77
  7. Chester Alan Arthur, 21st President 1881-85
  8. Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President 1885-89, 1893-97
  9. Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President 1889-93
  10. William McKinley, 25th President 1897-1901
  11. Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president 1901-04
  12. William Howard Taft, 27th President 1909-13[3]
  13. Woodrow Wilson, 28th President 1913-21
  14. Warren G. Harding, 29th President 1921-23[4][5]
  15. Harry S. Truman, 33rd President 1945-53[6]
  16. John F. Kennedy, 35th President 1961-63
  17. Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President 1963-69
  18. Richard M. Nixon, 37th President 1969-74
  19. Jimmy Carter, 39th President 1977-81[7]
  20. Ronald Reagan, 40th President 1981-89
  21. George H. W. Bush, 41st President 1989-93[8]
  22. Bill Clinton, 42nd President 1993-2001 (his mother's maiden name was Cassidy)
  23. George W. Bush, 43rd President 2001-2009

Other Presidents of Irish descent

  1. Jefferson Davis, first and only President of the Confederate States of America.[9][10]
  2. Álvaro Obregón, President of Mexico 1920-24
  3. Sam Houston, President of Texas 1936-38 and 1941-44

  • Michael Flatley - dancer [14] "The important thing to know about Michael Flatley is that he's Irish-American... His success comes from his ability to join unlikely elements together—Irish and Americans, step dancing and flamenco, pretension and frivolity."
  • William Harnett - painter [15] "William Harnett American, born Ireland, 1848(?)-1892"
  • Georgia O'Keeffe - painter [16] "Of Irish and Hungarian ancestry, Georgia O'Keeffe was born on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wis...."
  • Augustus Saint-Gaudens - sculptor [17] "Augustus Saint-Gaudens was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1848 to an Irish mother and a French father."

  • Walt Disney [25] "his father, Elias Disney, an Irish-Canadian, and his mother, Flora Call Disney, who was of German-American descent."
  • Alfred Hitchcock [26] "He was the youngest child of an East End family whose father ran a poulterer's and greengrocer's business and whose mother came of Irish stock. The family was Catholic." [27] "In 1955, he became an American citizen."
  • Ron Howard Director, Child Actor [28]"Ron Howard is of Irish descent, his ancestors having immigrated to Oklahoma for the land grab. His passion for the Irish failed him when he made “Far and Away,” but it serves him well here; it’s clear he feels a kinship with fellow Irishman Braddock."
  • John Huston[11]
  • Leo McCarey [29] "Leo McCarey was the first son of Irish-Catholic Thomas McCarey, a well-known boxing promoter, and French-born Leona [Mistrol] McCarey, for whom he is named."
  • Michael Moore [30] "Moore, now 49, was raised in a working-class Irish-American family."
  • John Sayles (1950 - ) independent film director and writer, frequently takes a small part in his own and other indie films[12]

Main article: List of Irish-American mobsters

  • Mike Barnicle [36] "In this racial maelstrom, there was one Globe man who was trusted on the gritty streets of South Boston, a young Irish columnist named Mike Barnicle..."
  • Jimmy Breslin [37] "His book has been criticized for its intemperate remarks about the Irish and their American great-grandchildren, but if Jimmy Breslin is not qualified to make those judgments... who is?"
  • Nellie Bly [38] "Miss Bly was, in fact, the daughter of Irish immigrants."
  • Neil Cavuto [39] "Look, I'm half-Italian and half-Irish. I figure I was born with a temper..."
  • Carson Daly
  • Phil Donahue [40] "When he and Buchanan squared off on camera to debate the recent Pledge of Allegiance court ruling, they were just another pair of wealthy, middle-aged, white Irish Catholic men pontificating."
  • Maureen Dowd [41] "Dowd is assumed by most people to be a Democrat... in reality she was part of this kind of Irish-Catholic mafia that included Chris Matthews and Mike Kelly..."
  • Pete Hamill [42] "Born in Brooklyn in 1935, of Irish immigrant parents, Pete Hamill served in the US Navy, attended Mexico City College..."
  • Sean Hannity [43] "Hannity, a proclaimed devout Irish Catholic, has blamed liberals for actions taken..."
  • Magee Hickey [44]
  • Greg Kelly
  • Michael Kelly
  • Chris Matthews [45] "But Chris Matthews, the Irish-American host of MSNBC's political talk show "Hardball,"..."
  • Peggy Noonan (1950 - ) author, political analyst and pundit for the Republican Party[13]
  • Conan O'Brien [46] "O'Brien, the proud Irishman, clad very casually in denims and navy blue shirt..."
  • Soledad O'Brien [47] "O'Brien was named to Irish American Magazine's "Top 100 Irish Americans" on two occasions." [48] "Soledad O’Brien brings her unique heritage of Latino, Irish, and African-American cultures..."
  • Norah O'Donnell [49] "O’Donnell has also been named to Irish American Magazine’s 2000 “Top 100 Irish Americans” list."
  • Bill O'Reilly [50] "He was raised Irish-Catholic in Long Island, NY..."
  • John L. O'Sullivan [51] "He was the son of an English woman of aristocratic origins and an Irish-born..."
  • Regis Philbin [52] "Part of an Irish-American Catholic family, he was the eldest son of Frank and Florence..."
  • Tim Russert (1950 - ) journalist, has hosted NBC's Meet the Press since 1991[14]
  • Ed Sullivan [53] "As you may recall, Ed Sullivan, whose heritage was Irish ..."
  • Elizabeth Vargas [54] "Born in New Jersey of a Puerto Rican father and Irish American mother, and a self-described army brat..."
  • John Walsh [55] "I don't know if it comes from being Irish or Catholic or both...."

Main article: List of Irish American musicians

Neil P. Howlett singer / guitarist / songwriter - born in Dublin, Ireland, moved to Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. area at age 12 - founder of several successful / influential independent American rock groups, most notably Young Astronauts Club.

Main article: List of Irish American politicians

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Main article: List of Irish American sportspeople

Main article: List of Irish American writers

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  9. ^ American Presidents with Irish Ancestors
  10. ^ Roberts, Gary B & Otto, Julie H: "Ancestors of American Presidents", 1995. ISBN 0-936124-19-9
  11. ^ [8] "Irish based firm director John Huston" [9] "My father was born in 1884 in Toronto, Canada, of a Scottish mother... and an Irish father... In 1964 I became an Irish citizen."
  12. ^ Sayles - [10] "An awful lot of Americans have an Irish ancestry. Do you? Both of my parents are half Irish... it wasn't a real strong part of my upbringing. Being Catholic was but not being Irish... I just felt it would work best for my knowledge and for a general audience being set in Ireland.... Because you yourself are Irish?"
  13. ^ Noonan - [11] "I pick Dublin because I was there most recently, and also because I'm Irish-American..."
  14. ^ Russert - [12] "Irish America magazine has named him one of the top 100 Irish Americans in the country and he was selected as a Fellow of the Commission of European Communities." [13] "I thought that certainly people I grew up with in the Irish Catholic neighborhood in Buffalo would want to read it."
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